Should You Consider Hospice Care for Your Loved One?
The term “hospice,” with its Latin root shared with “hospitality” raises mental images of caring…
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Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) in the Elderly
When the elderly suffer a loss, caregivers need to recognize the signs of grief and…
4 Reasons Men Have a Shorter Life Expectancy
Many families’ older generations are made up of matriarchs without mates. Why is this so?…
Where Do I Go from Here? When a Family Caregiver Loses a Parent or Elderly Relative
Caregiving is a labor of love, especially if you are a family caregiver. You make…
Why and How We Are Doing the Final Days Wrong
Although as a society we work hard to adopt aging-in-place more widely and implement enlightened…
What to do When a Loved One Dies at Home
If you are acting as the caregiver for an ailing elderly loved one, the prospect…
Dying at Home
Death is an inescapable part of life. Yet for many people death involves a prolonged…
“As I Lay Dying”: Midwifing a Person’s Passage
As we age and as we witness others age, our thoughts inevitably move into the…