Family

Elders Who Abuse Their Family Caregivers

Most of us have seen evidence of people being harder on those they love than they are on strangers, or even people they don’t...

Dear Carol: I rarely see this problem addressed. My dad, a widower, was in excellent health for someone in their 70s. He was fully...

“My mom and dad both have dementia. I am all alone taking care of them since. I have no one to help me. I...

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

Hiring in-home care for my elderly neighbor, Joe, was quite an ordeal. The company we chose and their professional caregivers were great, but the...

There’s a great deal of anger in the world of family caregiving over siblings who don’t help care for their aging parents. Very often,...

The responsibility of providing care for an aging or ill loved one is a monumental challenge in its own right. But when a care...

Dear Carol: My parents and in-laws all lived to be very old, with years of physical and cognitive decline. I willingly cared for them...

Years ago, I stumbled upon a video that remains vivid in my mind. In it, an elderly couple who had spent a lifetime devoted...

People want to stay in their own homes. You hear it and read about it all the time. And there’s some merit to that....