Use communication techniques to deal with your elderly parents
Dealing with elderly parents is made easier when caregivers follow these tips for effective communication.
New Caregivers: Get a health assessment for your aging parent
New caregivers are often overwhelmed, but getting a health assessment on an aging parent helps organization and reduces stress.
Preventing financial abuse and exploitation of elderly parents
Strategies that caregivers can use to prevent financial abuse and exploitation
of their elderly parents.
Burned out caregivers: How to find respite
Get relief from caregiver burnout by finding respite care for your elderly parent
Top Caregiver Stories of 2009
We’ve compiled the most popular topics and issues that got caregivers talking on the AgingCare.com community discussion boards.
Top 10 Caregiver Tips for 2010
As the new year begins, caregivers must find the services and support that can help make their lives and the lives of their aging parents a little easier.
Elders Abusing Their Adult Children Who Are Taking Care of Them
Why do elderly parents turn on the child that is trying so hard to take care of them?
Caregivers and Multi-tasking: Holidays Can Push People Caring for Elderly Parents to the Max
For the Sandwich Generation, holidays are stressful. Their elderly parents need help, the kids need help, the spouse needs help. Here's advice how to cope for caregivers.
Overwhelmed and Underappreciated: Holiday Stress Saps the Joy Out of Caregiver’s Season
People taking care of elderly parents are even more stressed out during the holidays. Here is some advice on respite for caregivers.
Holiday Visits: A Time When Adult Children May Notice a Decline with Their Aging Parents
A large number of caregivers are long distance from their elderly loved ones meaning that holiday visits provide some insight into their parent's health and well-being.
Facts about Hospice Care for Caregivers and Their Elderly Parents
If an elderly parent has six months or less to live, hospice can make their final days more comfortable and pain free.
Caregivers’ Perspectives on Annual Conference for Seniors
AARP's annual conference and expo drew seniors from across the country, including caregivers who are caring for their aging parents.
Palliative Care: How It Can Help Your Aging Parent Achieve Quality of Life
Learn what palliative care can do to help your elderly loved one cope with serious illness and alleviate pain.
Hospice Care: How to Choose the Right Hospice for Your Elderly Parent
Investigate hospices early, before your elderly parent’s end of life approaches.
Having “The Talk” with Elders: Conversations about End of Life Issues
How caregivers can address elders’ plans, wishes and issues related to end of life.
Health Information Checklist to Keep Caregivers Organized
Having all of your elderly parent's information regarding health, diseases, doctors and medications - all in one place ensures everything is easily accessible when you need it most.
Coping with Elderly Parent’s Distorted Sense of Time
When caregivers meet with their elderly parents, it often feels like “The Early Bird Special.”
How Caregivers Can Reduce Stress
The demands on a person who is taking care of elderly parents result in a great deal of stress. But if caregivers aren't careful, they jeopardize their own health and well-being.
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?
Internet is the Number One Support Tool for Caregivers
An AgingCare.com survey of family caregivers found that the Internet is the primary way caregivers get support and encouragement.