Minding Our Elders

The Emotional Toll of Moving Your Elderly Parent to Senior Living

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 beginning...

Dear Carol: My 83-year-old parents are still doing well for their age but declining as would be expected. Since I live nearby, I’ll be...

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...

For some lucky families, having all adult siblings gather around and plan how to take care of Mom and Dad as their parents’ health...

You’ve probably heard the old saying, “There’s no I in team,” meaning that every member on a successful team puts selfishness aside and works...

Years ago, I stumbled upon a video that remains vivid in my mind. In it, an elderly couple who had spent a lifetime devoted...

Dear Carol: After caring for my mom for years, I moved her to memory care due to her dementia. At 93, she is fading....