End-of-life

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...

Have you thought about what you’d want your obituary to say about you? I hadn’t until I was recently asked to write...

Many caregivers watch their loved ones endure a long, slow decline that will eventually end in death. As they age, we grieve...

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

When my mother died in a local nursing home, my “career” of visiting this exceptional facility nearly every day for almost 15...

Are you prepared to take on the responsibility of caring for a family member? Will you be able to handle the commitment...

When the family member we are trying to care for is critical, impossible to please or emotionally abusive, long-standing family dynamics are...

The decisions caregivers of older loved ones must make during the Christmas holidays are fraught with opportunities to make mistakes in judgment....

When store employees wish us Merry Christmas we smile back and return the greeting. When acquaintances wave and shout Happy Holidays across...

Dear Carol: I take care of my 93-year-old mother in my home. Mom’s been physically frail for years, yet until recently, she’s...