Grief

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Memory Cafés Can Be a Lifeline for Couples Adjusting to Life with Dementia

Dear Carol: I’m afraid my husband and I are a sad cliché of the times. We both earned decent incomes. We put...

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A Common Caregiver Confession: “I Secretly Wish My Ill Loved One Would Die”

Every so often, someone on the AgingCare Caregiver Forum will admit that they secretly wish the person they’re caring for would pass...

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Siblings Who Feel Shut Out of Caregiving

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

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Support Can Improve Post-Stroke Grief and Depression

Dear Carol: My dad had a stroke a few months ago. He’s recovered enough to come home, which would be great news, except...

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10 Ways to Beat the Holiday Blues

When store employees wish us “Merry Christmas!” we smile back and return the greeting. When acquaintances wave and shout “Happy Holidays!” across...

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Alzheimer’s: Theft, Paranoia or Forgetfulness?

The truth, as they see it, is still the truth in their eyes. Delusions, hallucinations, agitation, aggression and depression are all part...

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Is It Normal to Grieve Before Someone Dies?

Nearly everyone involved in caring for an ill or aging loved one is experiencing some degree of grief. However, we don’t usually...

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Hospice Care: Help During End Stages of Life

Each time I walked into Dad’s room in the nursing home, he would be rigid in bed, propped up on one elbow...

The image shows the cover of the AARP Caregiver Answer Book with the title in bold over a blue sky. There is a stylized hill with a highway rolling over it. We see the dotted lines of the highway and stylized trees in various green, yellow and fall-like orange tones on the backside of the road. on the green grass toward the bottom of the graphic we see the author's names: Barry J. Jacobs, PsyD and below that Julia L. Mayber, PsyD

The Perfect Holiday Gift for A Caregiver: ‘The AARP Caregiver Answer Book’

Holidays nearly always increase the emotional load of caregiving and often, the physical tasks as well. With Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and the...

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What People Living with Dementia Would Like Their Caregivers to Understand

People living with dementia are the only ones who really understand what it’s like to live with their form of the disease,...

Grief

Memory Cafés Can Be a Lifeline for Couples Adjusting to Life with Dementia

A Common Caregiver Confession: “I Secretly Wish My Ill Loved One Would Die”

Siblings Who Feel Shut Out of Caregiving

Support Can Improve Post-Stroke Grief and Depression

10 Ways to Beat the Holiday Blues

Alzheimer’s: Theft, Paranoia or Forgetfulness?

Is It Normal to Grieve Before Someone Dies?

Hospice Care: Help During End Stages of Life

The Perfect Holiday Gift for A Caregiver: ‘The AARP Caregiver Answer Book’

What People Living with Dementia Would Like Their Caregivers to Understand

Seneca Sense Home: Incontinence Care Made Easy

Egosan Incontinence: Discover the Difference

Memoryboard: Designed by caregivers to help families stay connected

Free Caregiver Training provided by Geriatrician Leslie Kernisan, MD

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