Dementia Caregiving: Some Truths Learned Through Experience
As we travel our own unique journeys, most of us find that certain phrases or concepts take on the status of truth in our worldview. Our personal
Tag : End Of Life
5 min read
Give Your Dad the Best Father’s Day Gift Ever: Your Attention
Our aging loved ones often repeat the same stories over and over again. As our patience wanes, we blame the repetition on memory issues, but here’s
4 min read
Solo Ager Speaks Up About the Need for Guidance in End-of-Life Planning
Dear Carol: I love your website and columns; however, I want to make a plea for information about how older adults who have no children can plan
Elder Care Needs Can Change in an Instant
Photo credit Ivan Samkov During the years I cared for multiple elders, I grew to dread the ringing of the telephone. It seemed most calls meant
5 min read
How Involved Should Families Be When Elders Live in a Senior Living Facility?
Photo credit: John Mark Kuznietosov Over the course of 15 years, five of my elderly loved ones lived, for various spans of time, in a nearby nursing
Do Parents Really Want to Live with Their Adult Children?
Photo credit Pexels Robert Stokoe It’s difficult to pinpoint how many aging parents live with their adult children, but there is certainly a lot
Breaking the News That a Loved One is Going on Hospice Care
Photo credit Pexels Kampus Productions When the paperwork was finally signed to get hospice care for my dad, I was grateful. There would now be a
Is “Broken Heart Syndrome” Real or Just a Romantic Idea?
Photo credit Pavel Danilyuk Dear Carol: I read an article online where you wrote that you’d lost both of your parents within a few months. I’ve
4 min read
Coping With the Decision to Put Your Parent in a Nursing Home
Photo credit Claudia Soroya Guilt is one emotion that every family caregiver will experience at some point during their journey. When you take on
Journaling for Caregivers: Rediscover Yourself and Reclaim Your Life
Photo credit Aaron Burden At some point during your caregiving journey, you may find yourself in a rut. The awareness may come with a birthday, a
4 min read
Hospital Delirium: Cognitive Decline After Hospitalization
In the expected course of treatment, people are hospitalized because they are ill. Then, barring a terminal condition, they are released because they
When a Loved One with Alzheimer's Doesn't Recognize You
Photo credit D Mason Watching a loved one move through the stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be one of life's toughest and most heartbreaking
People Living with Dementia - and Their Caregivers - Still Need Their Friends
Photo credit Pexels Cotton Bro Dear Carol: My dad used to be well known in our medium-sized community because he was a businessman and active in
How Can We Minimize Grief for a Surviving Spouse Living with Dementia?
Photo credit Tim Doerfler Deciding whether to tell someone who is cognitively impaired that their spouse has died is a serious and often recurring
Tips for Balancing Caregiving Relationships between Generations
Caregiving can creep into your life or crash down with a bang, but either way, if we aren’t thinking ahead, we can find that our other