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Bathroom Safety for Elderly Parents: A Caregiver’s Simple Checklist
The Short Version: Most bathroom falls happen on wet floors, getting in and out of the tub, and standing up from the toilet. Fix those
Holidays With Dementia: How to Keep the Day Calm for Your Mom or Dad
It is two days before Thanksgiving and you are standing in the kitchen wondering how to do this. Your mom used to run the whole
Anticipatory Grief in Dementia: Mourning a Parent Who Is Still Here
It is 2am and you are sitting in the kitchen, thinking about how your mom called you by your sister’s name today. Nobody has died.
Pressure Sores in Elderly Parents: How to Spot, Prevent, and Treat Them Early
Pressure sores in elderly parents can start fast. Learn where to look, what the early stages look like, and simple routines that help prevent them.
Long Distance Caregiving: How to Look After a Parent From Far Away
It is 2am, your phone buzzes, and it is your mom’s neighbor. Mom is fine, but she did not answer the door. You are three
Medicare Open Enrollment for Elderly Parents: A Caregiver’s Simple Checklist
It’s mid-October, and a thick envelope from your mom’s drug plan just showed up in the mail. Maybe two. You open one, see the words
Caregiver Sibling Conflict: How to Share Care of a Parent Without the Fights
It is 10 p.m. and your phone buzzes. It is your sister, and the text says she cannot take Mom to the appointment on Thursday
Medication Management for Elderly Parents: A Caregiver’s Simple System
It’s 7 a.m. and you’re standing at your mom’s kitchen counter with six pill bottles, a list scribbled on the back of an envelope, and
Elderly Parent Refuses Help? What to Say and Do When Your Mom or Dad Says No
You bring up the walker, the hearing aids, or the pile of unopened mail, and your mom says, “I’m fine.” Again. If you searched for