How the Mindset of Care Partnering Can Enhance Relationships
In healthy partnerships, a relationship is built on our ability to trust that the other person has our best interests in mind. We share...
Relationships
Coping with Your Older Parents’ 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 the yard...
Alzheimer’s Shadowing: When a Caregiver Can’t be Alone for a Minute
Dear Carol: My husband and I have had a happy marriage with each of us loving being together, but we’ve also had separate interests....
Coping With Older Adults 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, but the...
Handling Controlling Elderly Parents
Maybe your controlling elderly mother demands that you keep her company around the clock, but she certainly won’t watch any of the television shows...
Caregivers Supporting Caregivers: Our Decisions Are Unique to Our Situations
Normally, all is well in caregiver support groups. People help and comfort one another, offer advice based on what’s worked for them in a...
How to Balance Caregiving Relationships between Generations
…This is how it often happens: You see your parents a lot since you still live in the same community. So, when your mom...
