Mental Health

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Specialized Moving Services Ease Transitions to Senior Living Communities

When an elderly parent transitions from their home to assisted living, independent living, a nursing home or a relative’s home, it can...

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Christmas Is Here: Our Best Is Good Enough

The decisions caregivers must make during the Christmas holidays are fraught with opportunities to make mistakes in judgment. Chief among them is...

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Handling 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...

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Family Deaths Will Alter Holiday Traditions but Life Still Offers Hope

Dear Carol: My husband and I used to go all out with a fresh tree, lots of decorations, and big family gatherings....

Dementia Care How-To: 9 Ways to Make Holiday Visits with Loved Ones Better

Sarah Akin hopes this holiday that caregivers give themselves a little grace — and that visiting family do the same. Akin, who is...

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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...

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Coping With Seniors Who Won’t Accept In-Home Caregivers

Hiring in-home care for my elderly neighbor, Joe, was quite an ordeal. The company we chose and their professional caregivers were great,...

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Siblings Who Feel Shut Out of Caregiving

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

We see a cheerful room with gold walls, white painted classic widows and a green Christmas tree. The tree is being decorated in gold bulbs and white doves b an older man in a white pullover that has a green and red pattern. He has steel gray hair and a trimmed beard. He's laughing and chatting with a younger woman with long brown hair who is wearing a white top.

Caregiver Tips for Enjoying Holidays with Older Adults

Even though most of us have happy memories of holiday celebrations, this time of the year can be stressful. There are pervasive societal expectations...

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How Do I Get Dad Out of His Cluttered, Unsafe Home?

People want to stay in their own homes. You hear it and read about it all the time. And there’s some merit...

Mental Health

Specialized Moving Services Ease Transitions to Senior Living Communities

Christmas Is Here: Our Best Is Good Enough

Handling Controlling Elderly Parents

Family Deaths Will Alter Holiday Traditions but Life Still Offers Hope

Dementia Care How-To: 9 Ways to Make Holiday Visits with Loved Ones Better

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

Coping With Seniors Who Won’t Accept In-Home Caregivers

Siblings Who Feel Shut Out of Caregiving

Caregiver Tips for Enjoying Holidays with Older Adults

How Do I Get Dad Out of His Cluttered, Unsafe Home?

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Egosan Incontinence: Discover the Difference

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Seneca Sense Home: Incontinence Care Made Easy

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