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I started the habit of getting up at 4 a.m. during my most intensive caregiving days. It was the only way I...

Becoming a family caregiver is often something that either happens very suddenly or slowly sneaks up on a person. When a loved...

Years ago, a journalist (we’ll call her Nancy) requested an interview with me to discuss common caregiving issues for an article she...

Why Do Elderly Parents Make Us Feel Guilty? Get used to it—the guilt, I mean. The incessant phone call thing was just...

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to caregiving. Every family caregiver must be free to make choices that work best for their unique...

Long-term caregiving can be isolating and lonely, which is why peer support is so vital to a caregiver’s mental, emotional, and physical...

Each time I walked into Dad’s room in the nursing home, he would be rigid in bed, propped up on one elbow...

Dear Carol: My head is pounding from stress after leaving my mom, who lives in a skilled nursing facility. Anger isn’t my...

Most of us who have cared for someone living with dementia have tried our best to determine how best to provide that...

Dear Carol: My dad, 72, has been adventurous all his life, and that spirit doesn’t seem to be dampened by aging or even...