Meetings can be excruciating. From people showing up late to the host forgetting to create an agenda, meetings can often feel like a waste of time. Family meetings are....
When caring for an aging parent, your siblings can be a source of support — and a source of stress.
Slideshow: A Step-by-Step Guide to Having a Successful Family Meeting
Discussions around aging and long-term care can be emotional. When you add childhood roles and rivalries, resistant parents, disagreements over practical issues, and the....
Caring for an aging loved one is a group effort — or at least it should be.
Assisted Living Resources, Caregiver & Family Resources
3 Reasons to Stop Feeling Guilty About Your Parents Moving to Assisted Living
A common question older adults ask is, “Why would I move out of my house?” They equate living in their home with freedom, independence, and happiness because that is how....
Caregiver & Family Resources, Memory Loss Resources
3 Ways Loneliness Might Increase Risk of Dementia
Loneliness is a growing epidemic. Approximately 42.6 million adults over age 45 in the United States are estimated to be suffering from chronic loneliness, according to ....
How to Manage Long-Distance Caregiver Guilt
If you live an hour or more away from a person who needs care, you are a long-distance caregiver. Long-distance caregivers often struggle with making sure they....
Slideshow: 7 Common Emotions Caregivers Experience
When you become a family caregiver, there are a lot of emotions that are bound to surface, from fear of all the things that “might” happen while being a caregiver to....
7 Ways to Cope with Caregiver Guilt
You cannot live a completely guilt-free life, so there is no such thing as entirely guilt-free caregiving, either. However, you can keep your feelings of guilt within....

