To Blog or Not to Blog

To Blog or not to Blog – that was my question. At 47 (I know - where have the years gone – it seems like only yesterday I was 29) I am among the last of the boomers and, like many of my peers, have an uneasy relationship with advancing technologies. However, the convenience and the expediency of the web and mobile devices have largely won me over, and while I am not ready to tweet (still not sure what that means) I am finally ready to Blog.

To Blog then - allow me to introduce myself - I am Tony Morrison a psychologist who specializes in working with seniors and the founder of http://www.helpwithmyparents.com/ . While my interests are largely around issues of aging and caring for older adults, I will be Blogging about a wide range of topics and events. I plan to Blog on the areas where I have experience including: depression, anxiety, the effect of aging on other mental health conditions, neuropsychological assessment as a tool for the diagnosis of dementia, the management of difficult behaviors and improving the quality of life for older adults and their families. I will also Blog about my observations of the senior care industry – where I see strengths and where I see problems. I will plan to comment on what I read in the news and on other Blogs. If I can summon the nerve, I may even Blog about my own experience of aging and, with children in grade school and parents in their 70’s, about being a part of the Sandwich Generation. I hope that some of you will join me, for at least part of this journey, and that together we learn how to better care for our aging family members and friends.