Compassion

10 Ways to Beat the Holiday Blues

When store employees wish us “Merry Christmas!” we smile back and return the greeting. When acquaintances wave and shout “Happy Holidays!” across...

If one can believe the old Westerns, frontier women were the ultimate multi-taskers. They could rock a cradle with their foot to...

“I want to go home.” Nearly every dementia caregiver has heard this heartbreaking plea from their loved one. They may already be...

Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. For most of us, the feeling is less about how large or...

Years ago, I stumbled upon a video that remains vivid in my mind. In it, an elderly couple who had spent a...

Dear Carol: After caring for my mom for years, I moved her to memory care due to her dementia. At 93, she...

People want to stay in their own homes. You hear it and read about it all the time. And there’s some merit...

Deciding whether to tell someone who is cognitively impaired that their spouse has died is a serious and often recurring struggle. Dementia...

Dear Carol: My 82-year-old mother has been in relatively good health but lately she’s experienced several falls. I only know this because...

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