Sandwich generation

A Caregiver’s Struggle: Balancing an Elder’s Sense of Purpose with Their Safety

Most seniors need to feel useful to enjoy a high quality of life. They maintain a sense of purpose by sticking to...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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