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...

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...

Dear Carol: Alzheimer’s runs in our family. We prayed Mom would be spared, but that’s not to be, and last week, she...

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...

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

In the expected course of treatment, people are hospitalized because they are ill. Then, barring a terminal condition, they are released because...