Minding Our Elders

Wishing You All a Meaningful Labor Day: Minding Our Elders

Wishing you well on this Labor Day as we celebrate our historical and current workers along with the official advent of fall. May...

Dear Carol: What can I do to help my parents make their home more age-friendly? They’ve lived there for over 30 years,...

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

Hello to my wonderful subscribers! I apologize for the last couple of weeks of glitchy and then missing newsletters. Things looked fine...

Dear Carol: Why do people get less inclined to bathe or shower daily as they get older? My dad, who used to...

Dear Carol: My mom has advanced lung disease as well as late-stage Alzheimer’s. We know that there are no cures for either...

Dear Carol: We’ve used caregivers through an agency for my mom who has dementia, but locally they are all short-staffed and unreliable....

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

Dear Carol: Last Christmas, my siblings and I discussed the need for our parents to downsize. We recognize that they are still...

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