Aging

Caregiver Guilt: How to Stop Feeling Guilty About Elderly Parents

Get used to it – the guilt, I mean. The incessant phone call thing was just one of the many games I...

Dear Carol: I feel like I’m failing everyone because I can’t do everything well. I work full-time, and my kids are in...

For many families, spring or early summer is a time to shake off the winter blues, deep clean their homes and focus...

Note: I was interviewed by A Place for Mom about caregiving books, so I chose just some of my favorites (can’t name...

Hiring in-home care for my elderly neighbor, Joe was quite an ordeal. The company we chose and their professional caregivers were great,...

There’s a great deal of anger in the world of family caregiving over siblings who don’t help care for their aging parents....

The responsibility of providing care for an aging or ill loved one is a monumental challenge in its own right. But when...

For some lucky families, having all adult siblings gather around and plan how to take care of Mom and Dad as their...

Dear Carol: Dad died two weeks ago at 89 years of age. Mom is 87 and has what they think is early-stage...

Years ago, I stumbled upon a video that remains vivid in my mind. In it, an elderly couple who had spent a...