End-of-life

Minimizing Grief for a Surviving Spouse with Dementia

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

Human skin is not meant to withstand close contact with urine-saturated briefs for extended periods of time. When bowel incontinence is also...

Like most adults, I’ve second-guessed many of my own decisions. While most were made with my own future in mind, that all...

If you are caring for someone who wears incontinence protection, you understand the challenges of putting them on (and taking them off)...

As a columnist for a newspaper on the High Plains, I often have readers write me that they are begging their parents...

“No one needs to die in pain.”That is what the social worker told me as I signed the papers that would put...

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

Family members are often relieved and hopeful when a dying loved one suddenly becomes more aware of their surroundings or begins talking...

If I’d had paid family leave during my caregiving years, my life and the lives of my loved ones would have been...

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