Relationships

Helping vs. Enabling: How to Strike a Balance While Caregiving

Most family caregivers want what is best for their loved ones, and they’ll do whatever it takes to make that happen. Unfortunately,...

We live in a society that tends to value what we do over who we are. If what we do isn’t highly...

As people age, they tend to sleep more lightly than when they were younger. Waking up during the night due to achy...

Dear Carol: I understand that people with dementia who tell outrageous stories aren’t really lying. It’s got to be horrible to feel...

My nature is generally upbeat. I try to be grateful for my many blessings and not dwell on the negative. However, as...

Dear Carol: Sorry if this is a repeat question, but my parents are in denial about the fact that they’re aging. While they...

Most people have not personally provided care for a loved one and therefore cannot fully understand everything that goes into being a...

Over the course of 15 years, five of my elderly loved ones lived, for various spans of time, in a nearby nursing...

There are many options for the care of our aging parents, but most of them are costly. There was a stretch of...

Dear Carol: I’m the youngest daughter from a large family that’s scattered across the country. Living in our parents’ community makes me...