Five bathing tips for dry skin relief
As we get older, our skin can become dryer and more fragile. While there are lots of causes of dry…
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Michelle Chaperon is the founder of Carers’ Circle - caring for ageing parents, a resource to help the children of ageing parents navigate their way through this complicated time. As a daughter of ageing parents herself, Michelle started the website to help others in the same situation. It’s often the children of ageing parents that need to help their parents make decisions, or even make the decisions for them – all in line with their wishes of course. She wants to help people make informed choices. She believes in positive ageing and her goal is by helping the children of ageing parents, she will help the elderly live happier and healthy lives. In addition to be an advocate for the children of ageing parents, Michelle is a corporate affairs and marketing professional with more than 20 years experience in communications and marketing roles across the property, finance and technology sectors.
Tips for sharing Christmas with elderly parents
Christmas or the general holiday season is meant to be a joyous time where family and friends get together. However…
Six tips for caring for someone with dementia
Joan Sauers, author of Forgetiquette – what to do when someone you love begins to forget, shares six tips for…
Healthy Ageing Series: Learn about brain health – our parents and our own
Have you noticed something’s changed with Mum or Dad? Worried you or they might be “losing it”? Don’t miss out…
Organ and tissue donation – get the facts and save lives
Would you accept a life-saving transplant if you needed it? Would you want your loved ones to accept an organ…
Managing diabetes in older people
Managing diabetes is important at any age. However, it can get trickier as we get older. This is because our…