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3 Things I Learned About Aging While Serving as My Father’s Caregiver

My father passed away almost 2 years ago at age 97. Much to our chagrin, while in his eighties he was still climbing on his roof to clean the gutters and he shoveled snow. I suddenly found myself in the role of caregiver when he unexpectedly caught pneumonia at age...

The Importance of Communicating Your End-of-Life Care Wishes

Every time I visit my physician, I am asked if I have an advanced directive for my end-of-life care (good for them!). I am embarrassed to say that I still don’t have one. It’s one of those things that is on the master To-Do list, the one that gets...

5 Essential Documents that Every Caregiver Must Have

Caring for a loved one can involve many things from one end of the spectrum to the other: supervision, feeding, bathing, dressing, help with toileting, bill paying, transportation, medication administration, shopping, errand running, mental stimulation and/or medical...