Death and dying

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Free Caregiver Training with Support from a Geriatrician and More

Caregivers are often thrown into an unknown world of medication management and handling cognitive challenges. With little or no medical training, this...

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Breaking the News That a Loved One is Going on Hospice Care

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

When One Parent Dies, the Other Often Needs a Long-Term Care Plan

Long-term marriages generally evolve into a support system so efficient that even adult children hardly notice changes in their parents. If Dad’s...

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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...

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Daughter Wonders if Widowed Dad Should Live with Family or Move to Assisted Living

Dear Carol: I’m a 43-year-old woman, married with two kids in middle school. We’re grieving my mother’s recent death and trying to...

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...

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Guilty Feelings Plague Caregiver after Harsh Response to Her Mother with Dementia

Dear Carol: My mother with dementia has developed a fixation on the silver she sold years ago, and she repeatedly accuses me of...

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When a Loved One with Alzheimer’s Doesn’t Recognize You

Watching a loved one move through the stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be one of life’s toughest and most heartbreaking challenges....

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Mother’s Decision to Refuse Potential Dialysis Worries Daughter

Dear Carol: I moved my 76-year-old mother in with me after her early memory loss diagnosis. Mom has multiple health problems, but...

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Why People Are Ashamed When They Secretly Wish Their Suffering Loved One Could Die

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

Death and dying

Free Caregiver Training with Support from a Geriatrician and More

Breaking the News That a Loved One is Going on Hospice Care

When One Parent Dies, the Other Often Needs a Long-Term Care Plan

Reconciling Grief & Relief When the Loved One You Cared for Dies

Daughter Wonders if Widowed Dad Should Live with Family or Move to Assisted Living

Confused About Palliative Care Vs. Hospice Care? You Aren’t Alone

Guilty Feelings Plague Caregiver after Harsh Response to Her Mother with Dementia

When a Loved One with Alzheimer’s Doesn’t Recognize You

Mother’s Decision to Refuse Potential Dialysis Worries Daughter

Why People Are Ashamed When They Secretly Wish Their Suffering Loved One Could Die

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