How to Survive Caring for Multiple Elders at the Same Time
When Caregivers Are Pulled in Too Many Directions: Every caregiver is familiar with the constant nagging feeling that something or someone in their life...
When Caregivers Are Pulled in Too Many Directions: Every caregiver is familiar with the constant nagging feeling that something or someone in their life...
Guilt is one emotion that every family caregiver will experience at some point during their journey. When you take on responsibility for another person,...
Dear Carol: My mom has advanced lung disease as well as late-stage Alzheimer’s. We know that there are no cures for either of her current...
Dear Carol: My mom is only 79 but she has a lot of health problems including lung disease requiring oxygen. She receives good health care through her...
Dear Carol: My parents are in their 70s and had been mostly healthy. I don’t have to worry about financial and health legal documents because...
Dear Carol: I feel like my home is becoming contaminated territory! My Dad is a sweetheart, but he’s got dementia and has developed incontinence....
Dear Carol: My mom has lived with us for several years and it’s been going pretty well up to now. Her dementia is worsening,...
A common complaint about older people, especially those who have health challenges, is that they “smell” or have other signs that they don’t shower...
Many older adults may not bathe as often as younger people think they should, but what about people living with dementia? Here lies a...
Dear Carol: I’m writing to tell your readers about what our family went through with our 86-year-old mom. She’d been doing great until one...