Aging

Pharmacists Can Explain Benefits and Risks of Your Parents’ Medications

Dear Carol: I’ve recently taken over managing my parents’ prescriptions. They each have long lists of drugs and prepare pill boxes for...

Years ago, a journalist (we’ll call her Nancy) requested an interview with me to discuss common caregiving issues for an article she...

Deciding whether to tell someone who is cognitively impaired that their spouse has died is a serious and often recurring struggle. Dementia...

Why Do Elderly Parents Make Us Feel Guilty? Get used to it—the guilt, I mean. The incessant phone call thing was just...

Watching out for elders has always come naturally for me. I grew up close to my grandparents, and during my teenage years,...

It was not unlike any other day, but on this particular afternoon, Dad was adamant. He was waiting for his medical degree...

Note that this is an older article and it’s more common to use five stages or even three, depending on the source....

Dear Carol: My mom requires 24/7 care, but she doesn’t qualify for hospice. Somehow, I need to obtain a lifting device and...

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to caregiving. Every family caregiver must be free to make choices that work best for their unique...

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