Western Reserve Public Media Caring For Your Parents
 
The Program
 
The Local Follow-Up
 
The Conference
 
The Resources
 
PBS 45 & 49's Aging Smart
 
PBS
 
 
 
Caring for Your Parents: A Local Follow-Up is a co-production of
Summa Health System Area Agency on Aging
Western Reserve Public Media
 
 

There were 36.3 million Americans over age 65 in 2000, and it is projected that there will be 86.7 million by 2050.

2000 CENSUS, U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

 
 

There were 33.9 million family caregivers of elders in 2004, and it is projected that there will be 81 million by 2050.

CAREGIVING IN THE U.S., NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVING AND AARP, 2004.

 
Caring for Your Parents: The Conference
 
Caring for Your Parents: The Conference

Maintaining the Brain
by Elizabeth Mulroy, Alzheimer’s Association

Keeping the brain active can thwart memory loss and other difficulties associated with aging. Find games and activities for your parents to build brain power.

 

Elizabeth Mulroy
Elizabeth Mulroy is education director of Alzheimer’s Association Greater East Ohio Chapter. Her responsibilities include providing leadership direction for the development, implementation and evaluation of the Alzheimer’s Association’s educational programs for 17 counties. She holds a bachelor’s degree in gerontology from Kent State University.