Mental Health

Caregiving: A Legacy To Be Proud Of

Have you thought about what you’d want your obituary to say about you? I hadn’t until I was recently asked to write...

Tai Chi, am ancient Chinese practice, is a self-paced system of movement where you perform a series of postures in a slow, graceful...

Dear Carol: My mom, age 79, has had steadily declining health for several years. Arthritis is a genetic problem in my family,...

New Year thoughts: Because your loved one’s situation hasn’t changed, you might think that nothing can improve your own situation. But if...

Dear Caregivers: For many of us, the start of a New Year seems like an opportunity for reflection and to consider changes...

How long has it been since you’ve distanced yourself from caregiving long enough to decide what is good for you? When was...

The decisions that we caregivers of elderly loved ones must make during the Christmas holidays are fraught with opportunities to make mistakes...

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

.. The truth is that all caregivers struggle with these concerns, and many allow them to get in the way of taking...