Tears For My Mother

  BY:  Beverly Bernstein Joie, MS, CMC President Elder Connections Getting Down to Business After Loss When a loved one dies, there are so many orders of business.  There’s a funeral to arrange, a will to probate, people to contact, and decisions to make. ...

A Caregiver Hears the Words

   BY: Beverly Bernstein Joie, MS, CMC                       President, Elder Connections My Story On December 16, 2009, my mother did not answer the phone.  I had experiences like this many times before.  Was she in the bathroom, getting the mail, or asleep?  I had...