Housing

Multigenerational Households: The Ins and Outs of In-law Suites

When I was a teenager, my parents had a new home specifically built with separate quarters so my grandmother could live with...

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...

Traditional marriage vows generally contain the words “through sickness and in health.” For some couples, chronic sickness in the form of a...

Dear Carol: I’m a caregiver to my mom who has dementia and I also work full-time. A woman at work and I...

Sharing a kitchen with another cook can be trying for some people. Sharing a kitchen with a person who has dementia can...

“The Bucket List,” a 2007 movie starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, helped contemporize the old expression “kick the bucket,” a common...

A friend and I recently toured a veteran’s home in a midsize Minnesota town. The facility was beautifully designed and superbly run....

For many of us, the word “home” signifies refuge, safety, caring, and warmth –a sanctuary where we belong. It’s a place that...

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

Dear Carol: I’m the designated family caregiver for my relatively healthy but aging parents. My siblings live at a distance and do...