Caregiver Guilt: How to Stop Feeling Guilty About Aging Parents
Get used to it – the guilt, I mean. The incessant phone call thing was just one of the many games I had to...
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...
It was not unlike any other day, but on this particular afternoon Dad was adamant. He was waiting for his medical degree from the...
Note: This is an older article and as always things change. It’s now more common just to use three stages. Still, there is merit...
Nearly everyone involved in caring for an ill or aging loved one is experiencing some degree of grief. However, we don’t usually identify the...
One day while I was working at my newspaper job, the phone rang. It was the head nurse at Dad’s nursing home. “Carol, we...
Dear Readers: Get ready for the phone calls. I’m not referring to annoying political calls, but the Medicare Open Enrollment calls, mostly scams. Oh,...
The impact of aging frequently makes the news. Sadly, the coverage is consistently negative, and all facets of this topic are portrayed as “problems”...
The mission of hospice providers is to help people live their last months or weeks of life in the most comfortable, dignified and satisfying...
Caregiving can bring forth an ever-changing kaleidoscope of emotions. These feelings are often bittersweet, but without the proper preparations and assistance, things can quickly...