Caregivers in their 60s, 70s and beyond often go through “pre-bereavement” as their loved ones fade, and then face the financial and emotional fallout.
The median cost for a private room in a nursing home is more than $100,000 a year — and it's $60,000 or more a year for a home health aide, according to a Genworth survey. Family caregivers spend more ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the President of Diversified, a CFP and author. As our parents grow older, the responsibility of caring for them can become a ...
Tej Pillai, 55, flew from Seattle to India every four months for about seven years to care for her aging parents.
I'm currently caring for my aging parents, disabled brother, and three young children. There are many things I wish I would have known and prepared for before being in this situation. Once I was ...
Getting a "care assessment" is the best way to determine when an elder needs home care services. Caregivers can do it by themselves or get help with the process by calling their Area Agency on Aging ...
Dame Cicely Saunders, the founder of the modern hospice movement and palliative care, famously said, "You matter because you are you, and you matter to the last moment of your life." This quote has ...
Some people who provide care for an elder do not realize that everything they do is part of caregiving. They may say, "This is just what families do for each other," or "This is what friends are for." ...
In a world where fervid encouragement to engage in self-care is being spread in every medium available, from commercials, social media sites, self-care guidebooks, and therapists’ offices, to name a ...