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Preparing Ahead for Potential Cognitive Evaluation Can Speed Up Diagnosis

Dear Carol: I’m worried about my 61-year-old wife’s memory and decreasing ability to make sound decisions. She agrees with me that she...

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

Hearing problems don’t just happen to the very old. Boomers, as well as their parents, need to pay attention to ear health....

Many people would consider losing their eyesight one of the worst losses they could endure. While most of us will not suffer...

Traditional marriage vows generally contain the words “through sickness and in health.” For some couples, chronic sickness in the form of a...

As people age, they tend to sleep more lightly than when they were younger. Waking up during the night due to achy...

When the paperwork was finally signed to get hospice care for my dad, I was grateful. There would now be a routine...

When Caregivers Are Pulled in Too Many Directions: Every caregiver is familiar with the constant nagging feeling that something or someone in...

Dear Carol: My mom is only 79 but she has a lot of health problems including lung disease requiring oxygen. She receives good health care...

Dear Carol: My parents are in their 70s and had been mostly healthy. I don’t have to worry about financial and health legal...