Relationships

The Emotional Toll of Moving Your Elderly Parent to Senior Living

Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. For most of us, the feeling is less about how large or...

Sex and death: It’s odd that these two topics of conversation should bring so much anxiety to parents and children. One addresses...

Dear Carol: As Thanksgiving approaches, I’m struggling because my husband of 53 years can no longer reliably recognize who I am. After...

“Mom! Where do all these packages keep coming from?!” “Dad, what are all these new charges on your credit card?” As our...

Hiring in-home care for my elderly neighbor, Joe, was quite an ordeal. The company we chose and their professional caregivers were great,...

There’s a great deal of anger in the world of family caregiving over siblings who don’t help care for their aging parents....

The responsibility of providing care for an aging or ill loved one is a monumental challenge in its own right. But when...

For some lucky families, having all adult siblings gather around and plan how to take care of Mom and Dad as their...

Years ago, I stumbled upon a video that remains vivid in my mind. In it, an elderly couple who had spent a...

Dear Carol: I’m 81 and healthy other than a hip replacement that didn’t turn out well, so I use a cane or...