Caregivers: Let’s Avoid the Second-Guessing Trap
Like most adults, I’ve second-guessed many of my own decisions. While most were made with my own future in mind, that all changed when...
Death and dying
Reconciling Grief & Relief When the Loved One You Cared for Dies
When my mother died in a local nursing home, my “career” of visiting this exceptional facility nearly every day for almost 15 years ended....
Grief: The Way to Continue on Is to Work Through It
DR. GAIL GROSS, Ph.D., doctor of education, is a nationally recognized family, child development, and human behavior expert, author, and educator. She has contributed to...
Getting Over the Guilt of Placing a Loved One in a Home
If we could control events, most of us would never want our elders to be so sick that they need the care of a nursing...
Humor Provides Armor Against Caregivers’ Deepest Sorrows
During our visits to Mom, Beth and I made a point to talk to Mavis and include her when we could. We also gave...
Confused About Palliative Care Vs. Hospice Care? You Aren’t Alone
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 current...
How to Break the News that Someone Has Died
Rachel Jones from the website ‘Seven Ponds: Embracing the end-of-life experience’ interviewed me for her article offering ‘Tips for sensitively sharing a loved one’s...
Caregivers: We Need to Stop Second-Guessing Ourselves
Like most adults, I’ve second-guessed many of my own decisions. While most were made with my own future in mind, that all changed when...
Ways to Comfort and Minimize Grief for a Surviving Spouse with Dementia
Deciding whether to tell someone who is cognitively impaired that their spouse has died is a serious and often recurring struggle. Dementia and death...
Caregiver Guilt: How to Stop Feeling Guilty About Elderly Parents
…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...
