SeniorCallup

My mother is 88 and lives in her apartment with her little dog. We know she is anxious about living alone.Most of her friends are gone and there are no close family or acquaintances there to check up on her and to visit.

We feel guilty about not contacting her more frequently than we do, but we have busy lives and unfortunately there will be days between each time we call her. We live in Massachusetts , a brother in Arizona and a sister in southern California. Visiting our mother on a daily or weekly basis is impossible. We have suggested to her that the should move to a nursing home. No way. She wants to stay in her home as long as she can.

Our story is all too familiar to many of us with elderly parents.We worry and feel guilty about not contacting them as often as we know we should and we know they are anxious to hear from us. We always hear: “You never call me.” - even if we do.

Now, with SeniorCallup, the Senior will receive a daily call from the same Personal Attendant and can talk with her about her issues and problems.

To answer: "Yes" is easy. Most seniors give that reply even if they don’t feel so good. They don’t want to bother their family members. But one should delve more into the details behinds such replies.

Studies show that about 80 % of seniors suffer from at least one chronic health condition. 50 % have two...

This is an important question to ask a senior on a daily basis.

Former United States Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop, often said: "drugs don’t work in patients who don’t take them." This sounds like an obvious statement, but it is not.

A study by Dr. Partridge of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found that up to 80% of cancer patients failed to strictly follow their prescriptions...

Seniors are often lonely. Their friends are gone and they sit alone. They wish they were contacted, and visited by their children. For practical

reasons that is often not possible.

That they look forward to the daily call...