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…
The Short Version: Most bathroom falls happen on wet floors, getting in and out of the tub, and standing up from the…
It is 2am, your phone buzzes, and it is your mom’s neighbor. Mom is fine, but she did not answer the door.…
You bring up the walker, the hearing aids, or the pile of unopened mail, and your mom says, “I’m fine.” Again. If…
It is 3am and you hear a thud down the hall. Or maybe it is not 3am at all, and you just…
My father-in-law stopped eating much about a year after my mother-in-law passed. Nobody noticed right away because he still cooked for himself,…
Your mom takes her hearing aids out at night, sets them on the nightstand, and puts them back in the next morning.…
I got back from visiting my father-in-law last weekend, and something he said stuck with me. He has cataracts in one eye…
If you’re reading this, you may be standing at one of the biggest crossroads of family caregiving. Maybe Mom’s last fall scared…
Few caregiving conversations feel heavier than the one about driving. A car key is a small piece of metal, but for an…
If you have an aging parent or loved one, the fear of “that phone call” is never far from your mind —…