Is It Wise for Your Aging Parent to Move in with You?
Decades ago, it was fairly common to have grandparents living with family and it often worked well. It did for my family. My parents...
Decades ago, it was fairly common to have grandparents living with family and it often worked well. It did for my family. My parents...
A recent question on the AgingCare Caregiver Forum brought back memories from my early days of caregiving. The member wrote, “My 81-year-old father still...
Note: The study referred to here is older because this is an older article. However, the message of the article to use caution when...
Most of us have seen evidence of people being harder on those they love than they are on strangers, or even people they don’t...
Dear Carol: I rarely see this problem addressed. My dad, a widower, was in excellent health for someone in their 70s. He was fully...
“My mom and dad both have dementia. I am all alone taking care of them since. I have no one to help me. I...
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. For most of us, the feeling is less about how large or fancy a...
………….. Sex and death: It’s odd that these two topics of conversation should bring so much anxiety to parents and children. One addresses the...
Hiring in-home care for my elderly neighbor, Joe, was quite an ordeal. The company we chose and their professional caregivers were great, but the...
There’s a great deal of anger in the world of family caregiving over siblings who don’t help care for their aging parents. Very often,...
The responsibility of providing care for an aging or ill loved one is a monumental challenge in its own right. But when a care...