Mental Health

When We Become Caregivers, Friends May Disappear

Most people have not personally provided care for a loved one and therefore cannot fully understand everything that goes into being a...

Dear Carol: I’m worried about my grandma. She’s a healthy, active 74-year-old who reads, volunteers, and plays Scrabble. Mom says Grandma is the...

Human skin is not meant to withstand close contact with urine-saturated briefs for extended periods of time. When bowel incontinence is also...

When the paperwork was finally signed to get hospice care for my dad, I was grateful. There would now be a routine...

Each of our aging parents is unique. Some people age so well that they need little help until they are well into...

At some point during your caregiving journey, you may find yourself in a rut. The awareness may come with a birthday, a...

Dear Carol: Do people with dementia deny their disease because of the stigma, or do they just not know they have it?...

When my mother died in a local nursing home, my “career” of visiting this exceptional facility nearly every day for almost 15...

They say hindsight is 20/20. But things from the past that may seem “clear” to you now can still be distorted by...

In the expected course of treatment, people are hospitalized because they are ill. Then, barring a terminal condition, they are released because...