Hiring help yourself
Hiring someone to help with caregiving can be a great relief. If you do it without an agency,…
When you feel more resentment than love
If you are caring for a parent or parents who abused or neglected you in childhood, your situation…
Important Decisions: Financial and Health Care Planning
Death and dying are not topics we talk about easily in our culture. As a general rule, in fact, we…
Health care planning
Health care planning is the process of deciding what you want to include in your advance directive…
Conversation starters
The American Bar Association tool kit is an excellent and very accessible resource to help patients…
Easy activities with guests
Summer is often a time when relatives take advantage of good weather to come from afar to visit an…
Are financial documents up to date?
If your loved one has created a will or living trust, you can breathe a big sigh of relief. These…
Reducing the risk of falls
One-third of older adults who live at home fall at least once each year. That makes falls the…
When Mom worries about falling
Many older adults who have fallen believe it is best to “stay safe” and avoid falling again by…