When Older Adults Won’t Accept In-home Caregivers
Hiring in-home care for my elderly neighbor, Joe, was quite an ordeal. The company we chose and their professional caregivers were great, but the...
Hiring in-home care for my elderly neighbor, Joe, was quite an ordeal. The company we chose and their professional caregivers were great, but the...
Years ago, I stumbled upon a video that remains vivid in my mind. In it, an elderly couple who had spent a lifetime devoted...
Deciding whether to tell someone who is cognitively impaired that their spouse has died is a serious and often recurring struggle. Dementia and death...
A friend recently faced the task of letting her mother, who has mid-level dementia, know that the mother’s elderly brother had died. This death...
Get used to it—the guilt, I mean. The incessant phone call thing was just one of the many games I had to play as...
Nearly everyone involved in caring for an ill or aging loved one is experiencing some degree of grief. However, we don’t usually identify the...
…We knew Dad was wearing down. He didn’t have long to live, but did he have to be in such discomfort? I wanted him...
The mission of hospice providers is to help people live their last months or weeks of life in the most comfortable, dignified, and satisfying...
Coping with an ill loved one’s difficulty swallowing can be frustrating and frightening for everyone involved. Caring for someone we love means nurturing and...
Family members are often relieved and hopeful when a dying loved one suddenly becomes more aware of their surroundings or begins talking or eating...