Sandwich generation

Having ‘The Talk’: How to Discuss End-of-Life Issues with Parents

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

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

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

Becoming a family caregiver is often something that either happens very suddenly or slowly sneaks up on a person. When a loved one has...

Years ago, a journalist (we’ll call her Nancy) requested an interview with me to discuss common caregiving issues for an article she was writing....

Get used to it – the guilt, I mean. The incessant phone call thing was just one of the many games I had to...

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

While death rarely brings pleasant feelings, from time to time we’ll see a story about death go viral on the Internet because it touches...

Dear Carol: I grew up in a household where the parents could never be pleased. My brother and I left home right after high...

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