5 Tips for Keeping Your Brain Healthy While Caregiving
Many of us cope with the stress of caring for someone who has dementia. We agonize over the increasing losses that our loved one...
Many of us cope with the stress of caring for someone who has dementia. We agonize over the increasing losses that our loved one...
I was pleased to see one on my articles referenced in this excellent piece about the relationship between aging parents and their adult children...
Dear Carol: My mom and I have always had a good relationship, and I’ve admired her sharp brain and great humor. She was a...
In the expected course of treatment, people are hospitalized because they are ill. Then, barring a terminal condition, they are released because they are...
Becoming a family caregiver is often something that either happens very suddenly or slowly sneaks up on a person. When a loved one has...
Long-term marriages generally evolve into a support system so efficient that even adult children hardly notice changes in their parents. If Dad’s hearing is...
When my mother died in a local nursing home, my “career” of visiting this exceptional facility nearly every day for almost 15 years ended....
Dear Carol: Until about six months ago, my mom, 93, was as cognitively sharp as ever. Unfortunately, she was hospitalized for several days for...
Dear Carol: My mom, age 79, has had steadily declining health for several years. Arthritis is a genetic problem in my family, so pain...
Are you prepared to take on the responsibility of caring for a family member? Will you be able to handle the commitment of moving...