Should Your Elderly Loved One Move in With You?
Decades ago, it was fairly common to have grandparents living with family and it often worked well. It did for my family. My parents...
Decades ago, it was fairly common to have grandparents living with family and it often worked well. It did for my family. My parents...
Human skin is not meant to withstand close contact with urine-saturated briefs for extended periods of time. When bowel incontinence is also an issue,...
Caregiving. What does it mean to you? While often rewarding and frequently exhausting, it’s one of many life events that can only be understood...
Dear Carol: I’m worried about my 70-year-old dad who is constantly responding to his 93-year-old mother’s calls for help. I keep telling him that...
Over the course of 15 years, five of my elderly loved ones lived, for various spans of time, in a nearby nursing home. I...
Dear Carol: I’m the designated family caregiver for my relatively healthy but aging parents. My siblings live at a distance and do what they...
Dear Readers: In September of 2022, I wrote a column providing brief answers to the most frequently asked questions about the Minding Our Elders column....
it’s not hard to understand why 60-year-olds would say that they want to remain in their home for life rather than move to assisted...