Minding Our Elders

Minding Our Elders Blog

Over the course of 15 years, five of my elderly loved ones lived, for various spans of time, in a nearby nursing...

There are many options for the care of our aging parents, but most of them are costly. There was a stretch of...

Dear Carol: I’m worried about my grandma. She’s a healthy, active 74-year-old who reads, volunteers, and plays Scrabble. Mom says Grandma is the...

Human skin is not meant to withstand close contact with urine-saturated briefs for extended periods of time. When bowel incontinence is also...

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

Moving to senior living is often a difficult transition for aging loved ones. Even elders who are on board with the decision...

So, you and your loved one have taken the plunge. You’ve put in the time and effort to research senior housing options,...

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

When the paperwork was finally signed to get hospice care for my dad, I was grateful. There would now be a routine...

Dear Carol: I’m the youngest daughter from a large family that’s scattered across the country. Living in our parents’ community makes me...