Grief

Is It Normal to Grieve long Before Someone Dies?

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...

One day while I was working at my newspaper job, the phone rang. It was the head nurse at Dad’s nursing home. “Carol, we...

The mission of hospice providers is to help people live their last months or weeks of life in the most comfortable, dignified and satisfying...

While death rarely brings pleasant feelings, from time to time we’ll see a story about death go viral on the Internet because it touches...

Many caregivers watch their loved ones endure a long, slow decline that will eventually end in death. As they age, we grieve every mental...

Many of us feel honored to provide care for our aging parents or ill spouses, but this honor can also present serious challenges. Even...

Dear Carol: My mom has advanced lung disease as well as late-stage Alzheimer’s. We know that there are no cures for either of her...

When the paperwork was finally signed to get hospice care for my dad, I was grateful. There would now be a routine of care...

When my mother died in a local nursing home, my “career” of visiting this exceptional facility nearly every day for almost 15 years ended....

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