Stressed Families: Siblings Who Feel Shut Out of Caregiving
There’s a great deal of anger in the world of family caregiving over siblings who don’t help care for their aging parents....
Minding Our Elders
How to Handle Controlling Elderly Parents
The responsibility of providing care for an aging or ill loved one is a monumental challenge in its own right. But when...
More Severe than Burnout, Compassion Fatigue is a Danger for Long-term Caregivers
Dear Carol: My parents and in-laws all lived to be very old, with years of physical and cognitive decline. I willingly cared...
What to Do When Siblings Can’t Agree on a Parent’s Care Needs
For some lucky families, having all adult siblings gather around and plan how to take care of Mom and Dad as their...
How to Communicate with a Senior Who Can No Longer Speak
Years ago, I stumbled upon a video that remains vivid in my mind. In it, an elderly couple who had spent a...
How Do I Get Dad Out of His Cluttered, Unsafe Home?
People want to stay in their own homes. You hear it and read about it all the time. And there’s some merit...
“I Promised My Parents I’d Never Put Them in a Care Home”
Caregiving is a job that is full of ups and downs. Many of us take on this role out of love and...
What to Do When a Senior Refuses to Bathe and Change Their Clothes
When it comes to caring for the elderly, hygiene issues are surprisingly common. Determining why their bathing habits have changed is the...
Minimizing Grief for a Surviving Spouse with Dementia
Deciding whether to tell someone who is cognitively impaired that their spouse has died is a serious and often recurring struggle. Dementia...
Is Lying to Someone with Dementia Unethical or Compassionate?
Dear Carol: Like many of your readers, my husband has dementia of the Alzheimer’s type, and I’m caring for him at home....
