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How to Survive Caring for Multiple Aging Adults at Once

Each of our aging parents is unique. Some people age so well that they need little help until they are well into...

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Coping With the Guilt after Placing Your Parent in a Care Facility

Guilt is one emotion that every family caregiver will experience at some point during their journey. When you take on responsibility for...

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Reconciling Grief & Relief When the Loved One You Cared for Dies

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

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Hindsight Can Be a Blessing or a Curse for Caregivers

They say hindsight is 20/20. But things from the past that may seem “clear” to you now can still be distorted by...

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Hospital Delirium: Cognitive Decline After Hospitalization

In the expected course of treatment, people are hospitalized because they are ill. Then, barring a terminal condition, they are released because...

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Questions to Determine the Impact of Caregiving

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

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New Caregivers: Tips on Caring for Aging Parents

I have interacted with countless professional and informal caregivers over the years, and I’ve noticed two prominent patterns that characterized my own...

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Parents’ Neighborhood Changing as Old Friends Move Away

Dear Carol: Like most older adults, my parents want to live out their lives in their home. They’re very healthy for people...

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What to Do When a Person with Dementia Repeats the Same Things Over and Over

One sign of the aging brain is repeating things more often, especially stories and questions. There are reasons for this that are...

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Time Management Strategies for Caregivers

Don’t let the title scare you, folks. I’m not presenting a “system” here. Personally, I’ve never seen a chart or graph designed...

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How to Survive Caring for Multiple Aging Adults at Once

Coping With the Guilt after Placing Your Parent in a Care Facility

Reconciling Grief & Relief When the Loved One You Cared for Dies

Hindsight Can Be a Blessing or a Curse for Caregivers

Hospital Delirium: Cognitive Decline After Hospitalization

Questions to Determine the Impact of Caregiving

New Caregivers: Tips on Caring for Aging Parents

Parents’ Neighborhood Changing as Old Friends Move Away

What to Do When a Person with Dementia Repeats the Same Things Over and Over

Time Management Strategies for Caregivers

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