Nursing home

Coping With the Decision to Put Your Parent in Assisted Living or in a Nursing Home

Guilt is one emotion that every family caregiver will experience at some point during their journey. When you take on responsibility for...

Caregiving is a job that is full of ups and downs. Many of us take on this role out of love and...

Conventional wisdom says that we all want to stay in our own homes for as long as we can. That is likely...

People cite numerous reasons for why they hate visiting nursing homes. Some can’t stand funky smells, others find the sight of disengaged,...

Dear Carol: My 83-year-old parents are still doing well for their age but declining as would be expected. Since I live nearby,...

Hiring in-home care for my elderly neighbor Joe, was quite an ordeal. The company we chose and their professional caregivers were great,...

Put yourself in your parent’s shoes. They’ve likely lived in the same home for many years, but they’re getting older and their...

For most seniors, moving from a long-time home into an assisted living facility is difficult. For some, it’s nearly paralyzing. In addition...

While change is difficult for people of all ages, deviating from the status quo seems to become even more taxing as we...

Over the course of 15 years, five of my elderly loved ones lived, for various spans of time, in a nearby nursing...