Should Your Parent Risk an Anesthesia Disaster or Forego Surgery?
Note: More is known now about the downfalls of surgery on older adults, yet some are still undergoing surgery that leaves them more damaged...
Note: More is known now about the downfalls of surgery on older adults, yet some are still undergoing surgery that leaves them more damaged...
Sex and death: It’s odd that these two topics of conversation should bring so much anxiety to parents and children. One addresses the beginning...
Years ago, I stumbled upon a video that remains vivid in my mind. In it, an elderly couple who had spent a lifetime devoted...
Dear Carol: After caring for my mom for years, I moved her to memory care due to her dementia. At 93, she is fading....
November is a month of awareness and Egosan is eager to be part of these celebrations. So, let’s begin by letting you know what’s...
Deciding whether to tell someone who is cognitively impaired that their spouse has died is a serious and often recurring struggle. Dementia and death...
“We don’t want strangers taking care of Mom!” “We promised Dad he would never have to go to a nursing home!” “If you really...
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...