Minding Our Elders

Minding Our Elders Blog

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

We all live with a certain amount of worry, much of which is caused by fear of the unknown. Since health issues...

For most seniors, moving from a long-time home into an assisted living facility is difficult. For some, it’s nearly paralyzing. In addition...

While change is difficult for people of all ages, deviating from the status quo seems to become even more taxing as we...

My nature is generally upbeat. I try to be grateful for my many blessings and not dwell on the negative. However, as...

Dementia can cause people to say and do some pretty odd things. Family caregivers may be caught off-guard at first, but as...

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

Dear Carol: My dad is very independent, but he has early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. He lives in an independent living community, does his own...

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

Sponsored There’s an awful lot we still don’t know about Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists still don’t fully understand what causes its onset. It’s...