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Carol Silver Elliott

May 13, 2025, 10:43 PM

Older Americans Month

I read, with both a bit of astonishment and more than a bit of distress, that there is now a “movement” around the language that caregivers use with older adults. This includes training and programs to teach healthcare providers...

Carol Silver Elliott

Apr 30, 2025, 9:47 AM

Meeting the Needs

As an organization, we hosted the national SPRiNG Alliance conference this week. This alliance (Shelter Partners Regional National Global) brings together the 20 elder abuse shelters that exist across our nation and both the individuals present, and the organizations...

Carol Silver Elliott

Apr 15, 2025, 8:34 AM

Curiosity Not Judgement

There are many times in our work with older adults when we face challenges. Individuals may have complex needs and difficult to manage behaviors. That’s not their “fault,” as these issues can stem from health changes, cognitive impairment, things...

Mar 19, 2025, 2:55 PM

Awakening and the power of the citizens

I never thought that I would get to the age of 96 and write a letter to my fellow citizens in such horror. Not for this did I make aliyah straight after graduating at the time of the establishment...

Carol Silver Elliott

Mar 12, 2025, 8:23 PM

As we move towards Purim, I am struck by the fact that this is the first time, since 2020, that our entire senior care organization has been engaged in planning a full-scale celebration. For many years, we held decorating...

Feb 18, 2025, 3:42 AM

Cocooned in the pain of old age, I realized there was only one way out—one way to escape the cocoon and reach the other side. For 75 years, I have spun my soft, white, silky, protective covering. But now my cocoon...

Carol Silver Elliott

Feb 11, 2025, 5:27 PM

Listening to Yourself

Source: Author, Jewish Home Family

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine told me a cautionary tale about health. He reported that he had just had major, emergency, cardiac surgery and was recovering well. This man would not be someone you would suspect...

Carol Silver Elliott

Jan 29, 2025, 9:56 PM

The Right Thing

During the bleak days of spring 2020, those of us who worked with older adults were living in a dark world of fear, uncertainty and questions without answers. We had no information and no resources, and we were doing...

Philip Bendheim

Jan 27, 2025, 2:41 PM

80 Years after Auschwitz: Honoring Survivors with Extra Special Care and Compassion

Yad Sarah Volunteer Helping a Holocaust Survivor Write Her Life Story. (Courtesy of Yad Sarah.)

Auschwitz, the largest of the Nazi concentration camps, was liberated 80 years ago today. Now, every year on January 27, we pause to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day — a global day of reflection on one of humanity's darkest...

Carol Silver Elliott

Dec 31, 2024, 12:23 AM

Making A Choice

Perhaps you believe, as I do, that life is all about relationships. Relationships can be those with our families of origin or our families of choice, with friends, colleagues and our clients. In senior care, those clients are both...

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