Death and dying

Why Caregivers Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Calling Hospice

Calling in hospice for the care of an elderly parent or other a loved one means you need to come to terms,...

Hiring in-home care for my elderly neighbor, Joe, was quite an ordeal. The company we chose and their professional caregivers were great,...

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

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

A friend recently faced the task of letting her mother, who has mid-level dementia, know that the mother’s elderly brother had died....

Get used to it—the guilt, I mean. The incessant phone call thing was just one of the many games I had to...

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

…We knew Dad was wearing down. He didn’t have long to live, but did he have to be in such discomfort? I...

The mission of hospice providers is to help people live their last months or weeks of life in the most comfortable, dignified,...

Coping with an ill loved one’s difficulty swallowing can be frustrating and frightening for everyone involved. Caring for someone we love means...