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Solo Agers: Adults Without Close Kin Seek Outside Resources to Manage Future Care

Dear Carol: I’m a 73-year-old widower with no children or close relatives. I’m still healthy, but to be prudent, I need to...

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Older Adults Have Different Criteria When Deciding How to Approach Cancer

Dear Carol: My Dad was diagnosed with non-aggressive prostate cancer. In the past, he’s been proactive about his health, but now he’s...

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Consider Palliative Care for Parent with Multiple Health Challenges

Dear Carol: I want so badly to help my mom have as good a life as possible during her last years, yet...

Neighbor Asks if She Should Alert Woman’s Absent Family about Cognitive Changes

Dear Carol: I’ve lived next door to a woman for over twenty years, and while we aren’t close, we’re friendly and occasionally get...

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Unplugging from Caregiving Is Essential, but How? Read for tips:

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

5 Tips for Keeping Your Brain Healthy While Caregiving

Many of us cope with the stress of caring for someone who has dementia. We agonize over the increasing losses that our...

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8 Classic Tips from a Healthy Aging Expert

While diets come and go, common sense and balance both work for most people. This is an older article, but because it...

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Why Caregivers Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Calling Hospice

Accepting that our own or a loved one’s life is limited to a few months, weeks or days is gut-wrenching. However, when...

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Minding Our Elders’ 2026 Elder-Friendly Products, Services, and Technology

Dear Readers: Happy New Year! It’s time for our traditional January roundup featuring elder-friendly products, services, and technology. Note: For most products...

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Music Therapy Can Increase Quality of Life for Those in Hospice

For many, music from certain eras can bring back memories of better times. For others, music soothes anxiety or gets them pumped...

Health

Solo Agers: Adults Without Close Kin Seek Outside Resources to Manage Future Care

Older Adults Have Different Criteria When Deciding How to Approach Cancer

Consider Palliative Care for Parent with Multiple Health Challenges

Neighbor Asks if She Should Alert Woman’s Absent Family about Cognitive Changes

Unplugging from Caregiving Is Essential, but How? Read for tips:

5 Tips for Keeping Your Brain Healthy While Caregiving

8 Classic Tips from a Healthy Aging Expert

Why Caregivers Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Calling Hospice

Minding Our Elders’ 2026 Elder-Friendly Products, Services, and Technology

Music Therapy Can Increase Quality of Life for Those in Hospice

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