Caregiving

A New Generation of Caregivers: Grandchildren Taking Care of Grandparents

A new generation of young people is stepping up to help their aging and ill family members. Although the Caregiving in the...

A frequent problem expressed among family caregivers is that their aging loved ones aren’t honest with their doctors. At home, they may...

Dear Carol: My dad has Alzheimer’s. Since I’ve received support and training from the Alzheimer’s Association on how to deal with his...

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...

Dear Carol: We’ve used caregivers through an agency for my mom who has dementia, but locally they are all short-staffed and unreliable....

A common complaint about older people, especially those who have health challenges, is that they “smell” or have other signs that they...

Dear Carol: Last Christmas, my siblings and I discussed the need for our parents to downsize. We recognize that they are still...

Decades ago, when I began my caregiving life, I just did what I did. I’m not sure I was referred to as...

I’ve written often in the past about conflicts between siblings when it comes to spending the aging parents’ money on their care,...