Caregiver stress

Geriatric Care Managers Can Help Busy Caregivers

Geriatric care management is a rapidly growing field in the elder care industry. As most caregivers know, researching and coordinating all the...

Update: Some current thinking is that the emotion behind this sad lament is more about finding a level of emotional comfort than...

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

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

A recent question brought back memories from my early days of caregiving. The member wrote, “My 81-year-old father still thinks he can...

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

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...

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....