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Caregiving can be a tough, lonely job. To be effective, you must take care of your aging parent, as well as yourself. Find information and motivation, including long-distance caregiving, work and family, getting organized, respite, stress relief and end of life care.

Featured Articles

Getting Your Siblings to Help With Caregiving
One adult child generally becomes the primary caregiver for an ill parent. While this may work well for a time, it can cause resentment and anger against other siblings.
Crime, Abuse and the Elderly
Older people are often targets for robbery, purse snatching, pick-pocketing, car theft, or home repair scams and other forms of abuse.
Keeping Seniors Busy
How to keep seniors active, physically and mentally.
Long-Distance Caregiving: Checking For Signs of Abuse
From a distance, it can be hard to asses the quality of your parent's caregivers - but there are signs of abuse you should be aware of.
Long-Distance Caregiving: Planning for Your Parents' Future
One of the biggest challenges for long-distance caregivers is helping parents think about and plan for their future health care preferences.
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Stress Relief for the Caregiver
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How can I get my passive sibling to help me with the care of our elderly parents?
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A Caregiver’s Personal Story: Getting Into a Dementia Patient’s Head
Comment by MindingOurElders 36 hrs ago, 12 comments by 7 members
Help Please
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Caring for Parents Who Didn't Care for You
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Expert Answers

I am caring for my 81-year-old mother who lives with me. She is very controlling, wants to rule my life, and treats me like I’m still a teenager. Pointing this out to her doesn’t seem to do any good. What can I do?
You need the "Jacqueline Marcell emotional shield." Put it on every day, and then don't let anything she says bother you; all negativity has to bounce right off.
I live 3,000 miles away from my father and he needs live-in help, but I’m worried about elder abuse since I can’t be there to monitor the caregivers. What can I do to protect my father and feel more comfortable with hiring caregivers?
I would hire a geriatric care manager who lives very close to your father, and can be your onging eyes and ears in your absence.
Is there an ideal time off (respite) for caregivers that I can show my sisters to help my case for getting time off?
I have never seen an official “Required Respite Time” statistic because of course there are so many factors and it’s very individual, but I would boil the need for respite down to this: As often as needed!
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I am caring for my 81-year-old mother who lives with me. She is very controlling, wants to rule my life, and treats me like I’m still a teenager. Pointing this out to her doesn’t seem to do any good. What can I do?

You need the "Jacqueline Marcell emotional shield." Put it on every day, and then don't let anything she says bother you; all negativity has to bounce right off.

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