Sandwich generation

Should You Quit Your Job To Care for Your Aging Parent?

As parents age and need more assistance, most adult children do what they can to help. For many, the first step is...

A new generation of young people is stepping up to help their aging and ill family members. Although the Caregiving in the...

In the expected course of treatment, people are hospitalized because they are ill. Then, barring a terminal condition, they are released because...

Dear Carol: My parents are in their 70s, and had been mostly healthy. I don’t have to worry about financial and health...

The first call of the day from your mom, you can handle. “Oh, hi, Mom. Yes, it’s a very pretty day. Maybe...

Watching out for elders has always come naturally for me. I grew up close to my grandparents, and during my teenage years,...

Long-term caregiving can be isolating and lonely, which is why peer support is so vital to a caregiver’s mental, emotional, and physical...

Many individuals struggle to accept the label of “family caregiver,” but fully embracing this role increases our chances of succeeding in it....

A Place for Mom continues to add to the conversation about how caregiving affects the lives of women. I recently had the...

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