Hospice

How to Engage in Self-Care While Grieving

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

Dear Carol: My siblings and I are at odds over how to help our 80-year-old mom during her last weeks of life....

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

Every so often, someone on the AgingCare Caregiver Forum will admit that they secretly wish the person they’re caring for would pass...

Accepting that our own or a loved one’s life is limited to a few months, weeks or days is gut-wrenching. However, when...

For many, music from certain eras can bring back memories of better times. For others, music soothes anxiety or gets them pumped...

Sex and death: It’s odd that these two topics of conversation should bring so much anxiety to parents and children. One addresses...

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

Nearly everyone involved in caring for an ill or aging loved one is experiencing some degree of grief. However, we don’t usually...

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