Minding Our Elders

Minding Our Elders Blog

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...

As parents age and need more assistance, most adult children do what they can to help. For many, the first step is...

Each of our aging parents is unique. Some people age so well that they need little help until they are well into...

Guilt is one emotion that every family caregiver will experience at some point during their journey. When you take on responsibility for...

A frequent problem expressed among family caregivers is that their aging loved ones aren’t honest with their doctors. At home, they may...

Long-term marriages generally evolve into a support system so efficient that even adult children hardly notice changes in their parents. If Dad’s...

At some point during your caregiving journey, you may find yourself in a rut. The awareness may come with a birthday, a...

Dear Carol: Do people with dementia deny their disease because of the stigma, or do they just not know they have it?...

When my mother died in a local nursing home, my “career” of visiting this exceptional facility nearly every day for almost 15...