Sandwich generation

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,...

Dear Carol: How do we know where to draw the line between helping our older parents and enabling them to give in to...

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

It’s difficult to pinpoint how many aging parents live with their adult children, but there is certainly a lot more interest in...

Don’t let the title scare you, folks. I’m not presenting a “system” here. Personally, I’ve never seen a chart or graph designed...

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

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

This is how it often happens: You see your parents a lot since you still live in the same community. So, when...

Have you thought about what you’d want your obituary to say about you? I hadn’t until I was recently asked to write...