"Kale smoothie, anyone?" Maybe not…. Good nutrition has always been a mainstay of good health. Indeed, there is growing awareness of the power of food to sup...

Family caregivers are often thrust into the role of making decisions for a loved one. Some decisions are relatively small: Purchase a walker with wheels or o...

Many families caring for a seriously ill loved one struggle alone unnecessarily. They miss out on vital support services because they don't understand what h...

Stress has gained a dirty name during the past decades. It's something we talk about needing to getting rid of, as if it were wholly bad. While chronic stres...

If your older loved one snores loudly, he or she likely has sleep apnea: A collapsing of the airways while sleeping that results in mini-suffocations 5–30 ti...

"I don't like that bear on my bed!" A visual hallucination such as this can occur in the later stages of dementia or near the end of life. Some people also h...

If your loved one and family have had the conversation about end-of-life wishes, kudos to you! In addition to writing down those wishes in an advance directi...

We all quarrel with reality from time to time and wish things were different than they are. Especially now, when life seems unfair. All flights have been can...