End-of-life

When a Caregiver Secretly Wishes It Would All End

Most caregivers are decent folks who care deeply about their elderly parents, spouses, and other loved ones who require their assistance. As...

A billboard in my city carries a simple message: “Most families say, ‘Why did we wait so long to call hospice?’ “...

Dear Carol: Over years of caring for my husband who had a combination of vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s, I found myself gradually...

Sex and death: It’s odd that these two topics of conversation should bring so much anxiety to parents and children. One addresses...

Dear Carol: After caring for my mom for years, I moved her to memory care due to her dementia. At 93, she...

Years ago, a journalist (we’ll call her Nancy) requested an interview with me to discuss common caregiving issues for an article she...

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

One day while I was working at my newspaper job, the phone rang. It was the head nurse at Dad’s nursing home....

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...