12 Tips to Help Spousal Caregivers Through Hard Times
WHILE FAMILY MEMBERS providing care for loved ones share many issues, there’s a different emotional dynamic for spousal caregivers than for adult children caring for...
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I Want to Go Home: How to Respond
Dear Candid Caregiver (Carol): My Dad is having around-the-clock home care, which was his choice early on when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He’s...
Feisty Mom Refuses Daughter’s Care
Dear Candid Caregiver(Carol): My 79-year-old mom has been widowed for a little over a year. She’d always depended on Dad to help her because her...
Caregiver for Multiple Elders Tells It Like It Is
When I first started sharing my stories and looking for others who had similar tales to tell, people tended to be reticent about speaking...
5 Negative Effects of Long-term Caregiving
There are countless positive aspects to long-term caregiving, but those who’ve done it know that there are also negative effects, many lifelong. While some...
The Sandwich Generation: Tips for Navigating Generations
Caregiving can creep into your life or crash down with a bang, but either way, if we aren’t thinking ahead, we can find that...
Caregivers: Let’s Avoid the Second-Guessing Trap
Like most adults, I’ve second-guessed many of my own decisions. While most were made with my own future in mind, that all changed when...
Driving and Memory Loss: Tips to Help Elders Give Up Driving
For many of us, a car is a sign of independence. But this emotional connection to our automobiles is part of what makes convincing a...
Getting Over the Guilt of Placing a Loved One in a Home
If we could control events, most of us would never want our elders to be so sick that they need the care of a nursing...
Some Risky Behavior Might Be Necessary for Your Elder’s Mental Health
Dear Carol: My dad, 72, has been adventurous all his life and that spirit doesn’t seem to be dampened by aging or even some health...
