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Caregiving Essentials
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(New!) Getting A Health Assessment
A question I frequently hear from adult children who are noticing changes in their elderly parents or loved one, whether living next door or at … Read More
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Older Patients: At Risk in the Hospital
You might think that helping an older adult get to the hospital is as simple as dropping them off at "Admitting" and allowing the hospital … Read More
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Top 10 Caregiver Tips For 2010
While there is some small comfort in knowing that the pressures you feel are shared by many others, the bottom line to this very personal … Read More
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The 5 Best Holiday Gift Ideas For Seniors
At this time of year there is no end to lists that detail the best gifts for mom, dad, grandparents, best friends and, yes, even … Read More
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Making The Most Of A Holiday Visit: Warning Signs To Look For
As the holidays approach, many long distance caregivers are now planning visits to their aging parents or other loved ones, perhaps the first opportunity in … Read More
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7 Tips To Comfort A Hospitalized Parent
If your mother or father is in the hospital, you’re probably wondering what you can do to make their stay a little easier. Hospitals are … Read More
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Avoiding Everyday Choking Hazards
According to the CDC’s most recent data, there were 463 choking deaths related to food among people aged 65 to 85+ years old in 2006. … Read More
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A New Paradigm of Caregiving
Caretaking is fraught with many myths, assumptions and beliefs that have prevented generations of caregivers from understanding that caregiving is a rite of passage. Rites … Read More
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I Got To Be The Sandwich…And The Side!
For years I had heard of the sandwich generation—those people who were caregiving for their children and their aging parents at the same time. While … Read More
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Role Reversal: Adjusting To Caring For Your Parents
Learn how to first come to terms with the idea of role reversal, as you become the parents to your parents.
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Balancing Frustration With Understanding
Making living arrangements for aging parents can be stressful, especially when your parent doesn’t agree with the decisions you make. Balancing your own frustration with … Read More
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Aging Family Responsibilities & Vacation Planning
If you look forward to a yearly vacation, there were ways to savor it, whether you take your parent with you or create the right … Read More
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Caregiver Solutions: Managing Swallowing Problems
When a loved one is experiencing swallowing problems, your challenge is to find ways to make their foods easier to take in.
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Six Steps to Better Family Communication
It’s clear Mom can’t live alone anymore. But should still-single younger brother move in? Can not-working wealthy sister spring for an assisted living facility? What … Read More
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The Family Meeting
There are only four kinds of people in the world—those who have been caregivers, those who currently are caregivers, those who will be caregivers and … Read More
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The Family Caregiver
According to AARP’s Caregiver Identification Study, "about one-third of the U.S. population age 18 and older currently provide caregiving assistance or have provided … Read More
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Strategies to Simplify Caregiving Responsibilities
Caring for an aging parent on top of the many other day-to-day family, work and financial obligations you have can be challenging. Simplifying those responsibilities … Read More
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When the Caregiver Path is Not Clear
At age 91, my mom fully understands caregiving. She cared for my dad for four years after he had a stroke. He was ambulatory, but … Read More
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Five Ways to Make Your Life More Manageable
Caregiving can be time-consuming, emotional and stressful. If you are caring for a parent, you are likely in your 40s or 50s, and you may … Read More
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The Dance Between Guilt and Resentment: Why is it so hard to be a caregiver?
"I propose to make a different world where caregivers are the most respected people." This is how Wendy Lustbader started out her talk at a … Read More
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A Caregiving Journey: How to be a Caregiver and Your Own Case Manager
Life expectancy in America today is higher than ever. Thanks to advances in medical science, illnesses that were once fatal have been transformed into chronic … Read More
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Prepare for a Medical Emergency
Just about everyone with an aging parent anticipates the possibility of a medical emergency. The circumstance you are likely most concerned about is that moment … Read More
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Seven Tips for Caregiver Success
Maybe you did not or were not able to plan ahead for the current situation with your parent — his or her condition may have … Read More
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Respite Care Explained
Many family caregivers are providing care around the clock, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. Caregivers are overwhelmed and this takes a toll … Read More
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Creating Caregiver Support with a Care Circle
Caring for an aging parent can be one of the most rewarding experiences, but the more care your aging parent needs, the more support you … Read More
