Relationships

Coping With the Decision to Put Your Parent in a Care Home

Guilt is one emotion that every family caregiver will experience at some point during their journey. When you take on responsibility for...

A frequent problem expressed among family caregivers is that their aging loved ones aren’t honest with their doctors. At home, they may...

Dear Carol: Alzheimer’s runs in our family. We prayed Mom would be spared, but that’s not to be, and last week, she...

Long-term marriages generally evolve into a support system so efficient that even adult children hardly notice changes in their parents. If Dad’s...

They say hindsight is 20/20. But things from the past that may seem “clear” to you now can still be distorted by...

Are you prepared to take on the responsibility of caring for a family member? Will you be able to handle the commitment...

Dear Carol: I’m a middle-aged single woman who only wants the best for her mom. Six months ago, she moved to assisted...

“My mom is 81 and lives alone in her condo,” Judy Hanson writes. “Her arthritis is painful, but she gets around with...

Dear Carol: My mom is only 79 but she has a lot of health problems including lung disease requiring oxygen. She receives...

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