Health

A Book for Employers Who Are Tired of Employee Turnover

Other than disagreements about the merits and challenges of offering paid family leave to employees, we hear precious little about how employers...

Dear Carol: I’m a 65-year-old man who had prostate surgery for cancer that left me incontinent. While I’m certainly grateful that the...

Social stigma. It’s a problem for people with nearly any condition that places them outside what is viewed as the norm, whether...

Most younger men don’t spend a lot of time considering the health of their prostate. However, around the age of 50, they’ll...

A common complaint about older people, especially those who have health challenges, is that they “smell” or have other signs that they...

Dear Carol: My mom has lived with us for several years and it’s been going pretty well up to now. Her dementia...

Dear Carol: I’m taking care of my 68-year-old husband with several serious medical diagnoses, as well as my 97-year-old mother in memory...

Caregiving throws many challenges our way, including establishing care routines for our elders that are not only challenging but may be somewhat...

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...