Aging

Coping With the Decision to Put Your Parent in a Care Home

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

A frequent problem expressed among family caregivers is that their aging loved ones aren’t honest with their doctors. At home, they may...

Dear Carol: Alzheimer’s runs in our family. We prayed Mom would be spared, but that’s not to be, and last week, she...

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

At some point during your caregiving journey, you may find yourself in a rut. The awareness may come with a birthday, a...

When my mother died in a local nursing home, my “career” of visiting this exceptional facility nearly every day for almost 15...

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

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

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

Dear Carol: I’m a middle-aged single woman who only wants the best for her mom. Six months ago, she moved to assisted...