By Kristen Hicks

Did you know that chronic respiratory diseases are the third most common cause of death for seniors 65 and older? National Respiratory Care Week is here and it creates an opportunity to learn more about the respiratory health issues most likely to affect seniors. Read more about...

Even if you tried hard to find a hired caregiver that had the right personality type and skill set for your parent or senior loved one’s needs, there’s always a risk of issues coming up after they start the job. Having to draw boundaries, speak hard truths, or even go so far as...

Deciding whether your parent or senior loved one needs an in-home care aid is challenging, but finding the right person for the job is difficult on a whole other level. Many families that are employing a hired caregiver feel that the main challenge is finding someone that’s a...

Hired caregivers – also known as private caregivers – become part of your and your parent’s life in many ways. They spend a lot of time in the home, helping with activities of daily living and other duties that people are used to performing alone. They inevitably form some...

Many seniors have spent years turning the house they own into a home that perfectly matches their preferences and style. Living at home also provides a sense of comfort, independence and privacy that some seniors feel they may not receive in senior living. In the course of aging,...

Little by little, your parent or senior loved one’s care needs have grown and you can no longer balance providing the care they need with a full-time job or other responsibilities. You’d like to keep caregiving in the family but need to create a caregiver contract with your...

If taking care of your parent or senior loved one has meant giving up some (or all) of your own income, you might wonder if there’s a way for you to tap into some of the pay for in-home care offered by services like long-term care insurance or Medicaid. In a lot of cases, these...

As your parents age, it can become a struggle to respect their autonomy and independence while making sure you take all the right steps to keep them protected for the future. It’s a phase in life that comes with some difficult decisions that you and your family will have to make...

You’ve had the hard conversation with your family. You know your parent needs more care than you can manage now and you recognize that you will need to become a full-time caregiver. Unfortunately, you can’t just give up having an income, especially when caregiving itself comes...

It’s time. Your family has had a number of discussions about your parent’s increasing need for care and have come to the decision that an assisted living or memory care community is the best choice. Just making that decision is a big step, but now there’s a lot of work to do to...