How-to’s for Caregiving

My mom’s best friend’s husband died recently. My mom had known him for more than 60 years, but I debated whether to tell her. She’s...

My mother had a massive stroke in 2012. Within the next few years we lost her, as well as my father and my father-in-law. If...

Seasonal decorations, a welcoming entrance, a floral scent covering any hint of maladies. So far, so good. It’s your first visit to a senior living...

Last summer I took out my aunt for an ice cream cone. Chocolate scoops in hand, we took a seat inside and made our best...

After 97-year old Teck Cheney’s last stint in the hospital, his doctor recommended that he go into a nursing home. But his grandson, Derek Spence,...

When going through end-of-life planning, most of us think about writing a will, but those are helpful to our loved ones only after we’re gone....

“The public papers, my dear friend, announce the fatal event of which your letter of October the 20th had given me ominous foreboding. Tried myself...

It was a weekday lunch hour on a late summer day. I was enjoying a bowl of soup inside a café while working on my...