Aging

Cover of Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories. The background is a sepia-toned room. In the foreground is a picture of the author's father, sitting in a contemplative pose with arms crossed. This image is also sepia-toned in browns of different shades. To the right is the book title.

Caregiving: A Noble Legacy To Be Proud Of

Have you thought about what you’d want your obituary to say about you? I hadn’t until I was recently asked to write...

The image shows the cover of the AARP Caregiver Answer Book with the title in bold over a blue sky. There is a stylized hill with a highway rolling over it. We see the dotted lines of the highway and stylized trees in various green, yellow and fall-like orange tones on the backside of the road. on the green grass toward the bottom of the graphic we see the author's names: Barry J. Jacobs, PsyD and below that Julia L. Mayber, PsyD

Barry J. Jacobs, PsyD, Advises Caregiver Whose Family Won’t Help

Dear Carol: I’m the youngest daughter from a large family that’s scattered across the country. Living in our parents’ community makes me...

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Does It Make Sense to Quit Your Job To Care for Your Elderly Parent?

As parents age and need more assistance, most adult children do what they can to help. For many, the first step is...

How to Survive Caring for Multiple Aging Adults at Once

Each of our aging parents is unique. Some people age so well that they need little help until they are well into...

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Coping With the Guilt after Placing Your Parent in a Care Facility

Guilt is one emotion that every family caregiver will experience at some point during their journey. When you take on responsibility for...

Image is black and white. It shows a close up view of an older woman with curly white hair looking down. She's wiping tears from her eyes with a handkerchief by lowering her glasses. She wears a dark sweater. The impression is one of deep grief.

When One Parent Dies the Other Often Needs a Long-Term Care Plan

Long-term marriages generally evolve into a support system so efficient that even adult children hardly notice changes in their parents. If Dad’s...

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Hindsight Can Be a Blessing or a Curse for Caregivers

They say hindsight is 20/20. But things from the past that may seem “clear” to you now can still be distorted by...

Hospital Delirium: Cognitive Decline After Hospitalization

In the expected course of treatment, people are hospitalized because they are ill. Then, barring a terminal condition, they are released because...

This image has a blurred outdoor background with pine trees. In the foreground we see an older man with very white hair and a trim beard and mustache. He wears a dark red jacket or sweater. Hugging in slightly from the side is a younger woman with very long, dark blonde hair and dark-rimmed rectangular glasses. She wears a very dark read garment that we see covering her arm that encircles the man.

Questions to Determine the Impact of Caregiving

Are you prepared to take on the responsibility of caring for a family member? Will you be able to handle the commitment...

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New Caregivers: Tips on Caring for Aging Parents

I have interacted with countless professional and informal caregivers over the years, and I’ve noticed two prominent patterns that characterized my own...

Aging

Caregiving: A Noble Legacy To Be Proud Of

Barry J. Jacobs, PsyD, Advises Caregiver Whose Family Won’t Help

Does It Make Sense to Quit Your Job To Care for Your Elderly Parent?

How to Survive Caring for Multiple Aging Adults at Once

Coping With the Guilt after Placing Your Parent in a Care Facility

When One Parent Dies the Other Often Needs a Long-Term Care Plan

Hindsight Can Be a Blessing or a Curse for Caregivers

Hospital Delirium: Cognitive Decline After Hospitalization

Questions to Determine the Impact of Caregiving

New Caregivers: Tips on Caring for Aging Parents

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