Elder Care Needs Can Change in an Instant
During the years I cared for multiple elders, I grew to dread the ringing of the telephone. It seemed most calls meant...
End-of-life
Caregiving’s Impossible Choices Can Lead to Endless Second-Guessing
Dear Carol: Mom is 84 and was in good health until she had a stroke while visiting us. Even though we knew that...
Helping Former Caregiving Dad Regain His Sense of Purpose
Dear Carol: After their retirements, my parents moved to be nearer to me and my family. Unfortunately, Mom was soon diagnosed with Alzheimer’s,...
Why So Many Long-Married Couples Die Close Together
While death rarely brings pleasant feelings, from time to time we’ll see a story about death go viral on the Internet because...
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...
“I Promised My Parents I’d Never Put Them in a Care Home”
Caregiving is a job that is full of ups and downs. Many of us take on this role out of love and...
Caregivers Need to Support One Another’s Unique Decisions
Normally, all is well in caregiver support groups. People help and comfort one another, offer advice based on what’s worked for them...
How Much Should You Push to Get an Older Adult to Eat?
Dear Carol: My mom’s got dementia and has stomach-related issues, but even so, she needs to eat. I make her three nourishing...
Hospice Care about Re-Focusing Priorities, Not Giving Up
Hospice is about refocusing goals My parents both spent their last months on hospice care, and I’ll forever be grateful. Dad’s dementia...
How to Break the News that Someone Has Died
Rachel Jones from the website ‘Seven Ponds: Embracing the end-of-life experience’ interviewed me for her article offering ‘Tips for sensitively sharing a...
