Grief

Paid Family Leave Benefits Both Employees and Employers

If I’d had paid family leave during my caregiving years, my life and the lives of my loved ones would have been quite different....

How to Engage in Self-Care While Grieving

Many caregivers watch their loved ones endure a long, slow decline that will eventually end in death. As they age, we grieve every mental...

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 it touches...

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 she is...

10 Tips to Help You “Unplug” from Caregiving

Jen has been caring for her parents for almost two years and she is quickly approaching caregiver burnout. A close friend booked and prepaid...

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 hearing is...

A Cautionary Tale About Self-Care During Caregiving

I know. I know. You are thinking, “When will I do all these things and how will I pay for them?” That was my...

Father’s Day As a Caregiver: Remembering Dad Before Dementia

This Father’s Day I’ll have fond memories of my dad, as will many caregivers and adult children. The juxtaposition of the past and present...

When a Loved One with Alzheimer’s Doesn’t Recognize You

Watching a loved one move through the stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be one of life’s toughest and most heartbreaking challenges. If we had to...