Aging

Reframing How We View Conflicts with Older Parents Can Maintain Harmony

Dear Carol: My parents are entering their 80s. While they seem cognitively sound, they have physical challenges that will progress. I’ll help...

As our population ages and more of our national focus is on senior care, we can find ourselves in a muddle over...

When an elderly parent transitions from their home to assisted living, independent living, a nursing home or a relative’s home, it can...

Decades ago, it was fairly common to have grandparents living with family and it often worked well. It did for my family....

A recent question on the AgingCare Caregiver Forum brought back memories from my early days of caregiving. The member wrote, “My 81-year-old...

Note: The study referred to here is older because this is an older article. However, the message of the article to use...

Most of us have seen evidence of people being harder on those they love than they are on strangers, or even people...

Dear Carol: I rarely see this problem addressed. My dad, a widower, was in excellent health for someone in their 70s. He...

“My mom and dad both have dementia. I am all alone taking care of them since. I have no one to help...

Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. For most of us, the feeling is less about how large or...