Work & Family

Use communication techniques to deal with your elderly parents
Dealing with elderly parents is made easier when caregivers follow these tips for effective communication.

Family Caregivers Need to Be Fair to Out-of-Area Siblings
When caring for an elderly parent, its often the sibling who lives closest to mom or dad who ends being the caregiver. But how do out-of-town siblings feel about this?

Elders and Controlling Behavior: What's a Caregiver to Do?
Some controlling behavior by elders toward their family caregivers is fear driven.

Elder Parent Care Can Bring out the Worst in Siblings
Often, a mediator, such as a geriatric care manager can help siblings resolve their differnces regarding caring for elderly parents.

Are Your Siblings More Interested in Getting an Inheritance Than Elderly Parents’ Quality of Care?
What to do if your siblings care more about getting an inheritance than giving your elderly mom or dad the quality care they need and deserve.

Don't Let Caring for Your Elderly Parents Ruin Your Other Relationships
How much of their lives do adult children owe their aging parents? Caring for your senior mom or dad can take a huge emotional toll and destroy other important relationships.

An Addition to Your Caregiving Team: Your Parent's Grandchildren
How caregivers can bring in their children to help care for an aging elderly parent.

Getting Your Siblings to Help With Caregiving
How to get your siblings to help you take care of your elderly parents.

Men as Caregivers
The prevalence of male caregivers has increased significantly in the last decade, yet the amount of support available for them is considerably less than that for female caregivers. Here are some suggestions for male caregivers to help them cope with their caregiving responsibilities.

The Sandwich Generation: What It Is and How to Cope
When caring for elderly parents and children, sandwich generation caregivers must take time for themselves and utilize the respite help that's available.

Sibling Issues Can Get Heated During the Holidays
Caring for your elderly parent is hard work as it is, but what do you, as their primary caregiver, do when your less involved siblings come home for the holidays and start criticizing your efforts?

Caregiving Issues and the Workplace
Many caregivers need to take time off from work to care for their elderly parents. Prepare yourself by knowing what programs are out there to help you.

I live 1,000 miles away from my elderly father, who needs more day-to-day help than I, with three young children, can provide. What’s a geriatric care manager, and can they help my situation?
Dr. John Connolly answered: Geriatric care managers, GCMs for short, act as a more knowledgeable you--informing you and your parent about what kind of care alternatives are available within the community and helping you assess all the medical, financial and legal issues involved with any given choice. Click to read Dr. Connolly's full answer.
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