Aging parents

Is It Normal to Grieve Before Someone Dies?

Nearly everyone involved in caring for an ill or aging loved one is experiencing some degree of grief. However, we don’t usually...

“No one needs to die in pain.” That is what the social worker told me as I signed the papers that would...

For many, music from certain eras can bring back memories of better times. For others, music soothes anxiety or gets them pumped...

Long-term caregiving can be isolating and lonely, which is why peer support is so vital to a caregiver’s mental, emotional, and physical...

Most of us who have cared for someone living with dementia of any type, whether that is Alzheimer’s (AD), Lewy body dementia...

“Where’s my college ring?” This had become Dad’s mantra during some months of his early demented years. I knew he hadn’t gotten...

Being a family caregiver doesn’t always stop at caring for our own aging parents. Our significant other’s mom and dad often look...

Many people have heard of hospice care but they mistakenly think that it’s just a way to help cancer patients be more...

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you who are mothers, grandmothers, mother figures, and those celebrating their own mothers. We recognize the...

Dear Carol: My dad spent several years in a memory care facility before he died. Overall, the care wasn’t terrible, but we had...