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Solo Agers: Adults Without Close Kin Seek Outside Resources to Manage Future Care

Dear Carol: I’m a 73-year-old widower with no children or close relatives. I’m still healthy, but to be prudent, I need to...

There’s a great deal of anger in the world of family caregiving over siblings who don’t help care for their aging parents....

Dear Carol: My Dad was diagnosed with non-aggressive prostate cancer. In the past, he’s been proactive about his health, but now he’s...

Caring for a vulnerable person is daunting. We have to make decisions for them that are often a matter of quality of...

“We don’t want strangers taking care of Mom!” “We promised Dad he would never have to go to a nursing home!” “If...

Dear Carol: Our 70-year-old parents announced that they are planning to see an elder law attorney to name a Power of Attorney and...

It’s difficult to pinpoint how many aging parents live with their adult children, but there is certainly a lot more interest in...

For many, music from certain eras can bring back memories of better times. For others, music soothes anxiety or gets them pumped...

Sex and death: It’s odd that these two topics of conversation should bring so much anxiety to parents and children. One addresses...

The truth, as they see it, is still the truth in their eyes. Delusions, hallucinations, agitation, aggression and depression are all part...