Caregiver stress

How Involved Should Families Be When Elders Live in a Senior Living Facility?

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

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

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

Guilt is one emotion that every family caregiver will experience at some point during their journey. When you take on responsibility for...

Dear Carol: I need tips on how to calm my husband who has been diagnosed with both Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia. In...

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

In the expected course of treatment, people are hospitalized because they are ill. Then, barring a terminal condition, they are released because...

Long-term marriages generally evolve into a support system so efficient that even adult children hardly notice changes in their parents. If Dad’s...

At some point during your caregiving journey, you may find yourself in a rut. The awareness may come with a birthday, a...

They say hindsight is 20/20. But things from the past that may seem “clear” to you now can still be distorted by...