Death and dying

Music Therapy Can Increase Quality of Life for Those in Hospice

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

(Reprinted from my column “Minding Our Elders” – December 23, 2023) Dear Carol: I can only imagine how often you’ve heard from caregivers...

Dear Carol: My husband and I used to go all out with a fresh tree, lots of decorations, and big family gatherings....

Years ago, I stumbled upon a video that remains vivid in my mind. In it, an elderly couple who had spent a...

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

There’s a great deal of anger in the world of family caregiving over siblings who don’t help care for their aging parents....

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

Why Do Elderly Parents Make Us Feel Guilty? Get used to it—the guilt, I mean. The incessant phone call thing was just...

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...