Coping With the Guilt after Placing Your Parent in a Care Facility
Guilt is one emotion that every family caregiver will experience at some point during their journey. When you take on responsibility for...
Relationships
How to Talk to the Doctor About Your Aging Parent or Spouse
A frequent problem expressed among family caregivers is that their aging loved ones aren’t honest with their doctors. At home, they may...
When One Parent Dies the Other Often Needs a Long-Term Care Plan
Long-term marriages generally evolve into a support system so efficient that even adult children hardly notice changes in their parents. If Dad’s...
Parents’ Neighborhood Changing as Old Friends Move Away
Dear Carol: Like most older adults, my parents want to live out their lives in their home. They’re very healthy for people...
Detaching With Love: Setting Boundaries with Difficult Older Parents
When the family member we are trying to care for is critical, impossible to please or emotionally abusive, long-standing family dynamics are...
How to Cope w ith an Older Adult’s Complaining and Negativity
You took your mom to the doctor, and she’s upset with you because the appointment took too long. You helped Dad with...
How to Handle Siblings in Denial About a Parent’s Declining Health
Nearly all family caregivers with siblings have experienced some version of sibling denial regarding their aging parents. Whether it stems from a...
The Sacrifices of Caregiving and How We Are Changed
One question that is often asked on the AgingCare.com Caregiver Forum is, “How do I deal with the reality of leaving behind...
Memory Cafés Can Be a Lifeline for Couples Adjusting to Life with Dementia
Dear Carol: I’m afraid my husband and I are a sad cliché of the times. We both earned decent incomes. We put...
New Year’s Resolutions for Caregivers
It’s human to want a fresh start. Even though I know that December 31 of one year is rarely that different from...
