Aging

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Confabulation in Dementia Can Feel Like Hurtful Lies

When a person develops any form of dementia, it is difficult for family and friends to witness their diminishing capacity and the...

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When a Loved One with Alzheimer’s Doesn’t Recognize You

Watching a loved one move through the stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be one life’s toughest and most heart-breaking challenges. If...

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Challenging Caregiver Situations Abound: Here are 4

Caregiving throws many challenges our way, including establishing care routines for our elders that are not only challenging, but may be somewhat...

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Tips to Cope With Dementia Caregiver Burnout

You watch your once mentally sharp loved one decline before your eyes. Their uncontrollable behaviors, mood swings, outbursts, confusion and memory loss...

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Dating and Caregiving: An Impossible Mix?

Back when you were in high school, you likely found that bringing your new love home to meet your parents was a...

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Detaching With Love: Setting Boundaries with Difficult Older Parents

When the family member we are trying to care for is critical, impossible to please or emotionally abusive, long-standing family dynamics are...

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Top Excuses from Siblings Who Don’t Help with Caregiving

Unfair as it may seem, even in families with many adult children, one sibling usually becomes the primary caregiver for their aging...

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How to Convince Your Parent to Move to Assisted Living

Conventional wisdom says that we all want to stay in our own homes for as long as we can. That is likely...

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Consistency In Caregiving Staff Ideal but We Must Manage Expectations

Dear Carol: My dad lives in a memory care facility, and overall, I’d give them good ratings. We’re blessed to find such...

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Coping with the Stigma of Dementia

People stare. Most are not unkind, they are just curious. But when someone “different” from the norm becomes part of their environment,...

Aging

Confabulation in Dementia Can Feel Like Hurtful Lies

When a Loved One with Alzheimer’s Doesn’t Recognize You

Challenging Caregiver Situations Abound: Here are 4

Tips to Cope With Dementia Caregiver Burnout

Dating and Caregiving: An Impossible Mix?

Detaching With Love: Setting Boundaries with Difficult Older Parents

Top Excuses from Siblings Who Don’t Help with Caregiving

How to Convince Your Parent to Move to Assisted Living

Consistency In Caregiving Staff Ideal but We Must Manage Expectations

Coping with the Stigma of Dementia

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