Caregiver stress

Life As a Caregiver: How to Make Tough Care Decisions

Many of us feel honored to provide care for our aging parents or ill spouses, but this honor can also present serious...

Often, long-term caregivers wonder if their lives will ever return to normal. The short answer is no, at least for most of...

Jen has been caring for her parents for almost two years and she is quickly approaching caregiver burnout. A close friend booked...

Caregiver burnout isn’t something that happens all at once. We all have good days and bad days, which is normal. Eventually, though,...

Caregiving is a stressful job even during the best of times. The sheer amount of responsibility is enough to make the most...

I once visited a caregiver friend and her mother, who had moderate Alzheimer’s disease. At one point during the visit, the mother...

As people age, they tend to sleep more lightly than when they were younger. Waking up during the night due to achy...

For many families, spring is a time to shake off the winter blues, deep clean their homes and focus on getting organized....

Over the course of 15 years, five of my elderly loved ones lived, for various spans of time, in a nearby nursing...

Each of our aging parents is unique. Some people age so well that they need little help until they are well into...