Death and dying

What to Do When Siblings Can’t Agree on a Parent’s Care Needs

For some lucky families, having all adult siblings gather around and plan how to take care of Mom and Dad as their...

Caregiving is a job that is full of ups and downs. Many of us take on this role out of love and...

November is a month of awareness and Egosan is eager to be part of these celebrations. So, let’s begin by letting you...

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

How can faith help both caregivers and people with dementia get through something that makes no sense even to those who believe...

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

If you are like most family caregivers, you probably made a promise to your parent(s) years ago that you would never place...

Human skin is not meant to withstand close contact with urine-saturated briefs for extended periods of time. When bowel incontinence is also...

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

“No one needs to die in pain.”That is what the social worker told me as I signed the papers that would put...