Parents of divorced children can have a tough time raising them, especially when one parent fails to honor their financial obligations or custody agreements. These are moments where divorce changes the situation rather than resolving it. Even though it is…
About 17 percent of the US population – 53 million people – care for an older family member, and most are losing sleep, worrying, losing income, struggling to balance caregiving tasks with their workload and other family responsibilities. These caregivers…
Family members often, and naturally, step in to provide health care to their aging relatives. The love and care many adult children receive growing up become reciprocal, especially in the case of their aging parents. But with the advent of…
There will come a time when you are no longer able to care for your spouse at home. At this emotionally difficult time, the last thing you need is the stress of not knowing where to find the money to…
The yearly Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures (alz.org) has now been published for 2020 by The Alzheimer's Association. By the year 2040 more than twice as many baby boomers will have Alzheimer's disease as compared to 2015; 10.3 million as…
The COVID-19 vaccine is now more available than ever and more people are eligible to receive it. According to the medical community, vaccinated individuals are significantly less likely to contract COVID-19; however, they may pose a health risk to others.…
This is valuable advice for anyone with aging parents, sounds a bit like advice your mother would give, doesn’t it? Nobody really wants to think in advance about accidents or illness. But if no advance planning has been done, and…
As COVID-19 continues its rampant spread among nursing home residents and staff, accurate and valuable data pinpointing areas of concern is often rife with haphazard data collection providing skewed information. The most recent Kaiser Family Foundation data analysis indicates that…
Dementia, in particular, the prevalence of Alzheimer's Disease in the American population, is creating difficult caregiving experiences for the family members who are primarily responsible for providing care. Even though you understand your loved one's dementia behaviors are a symptom…
There is a wide range of home health care services available from daily household tasks to medical care. Before identifying a health care service for information, get a clear idea of what you are in the market for, be it…