Aging

Balancing Elder Care with Other Relationships

Becoming a family caregiver is often something that either happens very suddenly or slowly sneaks up on a person. When a loved...

As a columnist for a newspaper on the northern plains, I often have readers write me that they are begging their parents...

Dear Carol: My 69-year-old father is overweight, sedentary, and he loves junk food. There’s no point in nagging him about his poor...

I recently spoke with a caregiver named Ann who was struggling with how to adapt to life as a caregiver. For the...

Most older adults are keen on staying in their homes as they age, but family caregivers often struggle to meet their loved...

A friend recently faced the task of letting her mother, who has mid-level dementia, know that the mother’s elderly brother had died....

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

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

Dear Carol: My dad is in mid-stage Alzheimer’s and dealing with his late-day anxiety is driving me to the edge. For most...

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