Health

Why Would Mom Choose to Smell Rather Than Use Incontinence Products?

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...

Dear Carol: I’m worried about my husband. We’re both in our 70s and in relatively good health but he’s had surgery for...

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

It’s often difficult for older adults to accept and deal with incontinence issues. Many try to ignore this new development and carry...

Decades ago, it was fairly common to have grandparents living with family and it often worked well. It did for my family....

Note: More is known now about the downfalls of surgery on older adults, yet some are still undergoing surgery that leaves them...

Dear Carol: After caring for my mom for years, I moved her to memory care due to her dementia. At 93, she...

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

Many older adults may not bathe as often as younger people think they should, but what about people living with dementia? Here lies...