Relationships

Handling Controlling Elderly 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...

Sarah Akin hopes this holiday that caregivers give themselves a little grace — and that visiting family do the same. Akin, who is...

Most of us have seen evidence of people being harder on those they love than they are on strangers, or even people...

Candles symbolize light and love for many faiths. For eight days and nights, people of the Jewish faith celebrate Hanukkah, the Festival...

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

If one can believe the old Westerns, frontier women were the ultimate multi-taskers. They could rock a cradle with their foot to...

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

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