How to Handle Controlling Elderly Parents
The responsibility of providing care for an aging or ill loved one is a monumental challenge in its own right. But when a care...
The responsibility of providing care for an aging or ill loved one is a monumental challenge in its own right. But when a care...
Dear Carol: My parents and in-laws all lived to be very old, with years of physical and cognitive decline. I willingly cared for them...
Caregiving is a job that is full of ups and downs. Many of us take on this role out of love and concern, but...
When it comes to caring for the elderly, hygiene issues are surprisingly common. Determining why their bathing habits have changed is the best way...
Deciding whether to tell someone who is cognitively impaired that their spouse has died is a serious and often recurring struggle. Dementia and death...
Dear Carol: Like many of your readers, my husband has dementia of the Alzheimer’s type, and I’m caring for him at home. We’ve always...
“We don’t want strangers taking care of Mom!” “We promised Dad he would never have to go to a nursing home!” “If you really...
Becoming a family caregiver is often something that either happens very suddenly or slowly sneaks up on a person. When a loved one has...
As a columnist for a newspaper on the northern plains, I often have readers write me that they are begging their parents to “come...
I recently spoke with a caregiver named Ann who was struggling with how to adapt to life as a caregiver. For the last several...