Mental Health

How to Stay Sane During the Holidays as a Sandwich Generation Caregiver

If one can believe the old Westerns, frontier women were the ultimate multi-taskers. They could rock a cradle with their foot to...

While there are hundreds of books on general caregiving and specifically, dementia care, I usually leave the reviews to the phenomenal group...

Dear Carol: Over years of caring for my husband who had a combination of vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s, I found myself gradually...

Note: More is known now about the downfalls of surgery on older adults, yet some are still undergoing surgery that leaves them...

Most of us have seen evidence of people being harder on those they love than they are on strangers or even people...

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

The responsibility of providing care for an aging or ill loved one is a monumental challenge in its own right. But when...

Years ago, I stumbled upon a video that remains vivid in my mind. In it, an elderly couple who had spent a...

When it comes to caring for the elderly, hygiene issues are surprisingly common. Determining why their bathing habits have changed is the...

Millions of people consume alcohol, but each person has their own unique relationship with this substance. While many are able to drink...