2010-Oct

As people age, their health problems can worsen. The concern over a situation of an elderly parent not only affects the children, but also the relationships between those children. When this occurs the children face sibling conflicts. One of the most common causes of sibling elder-care conflict is when one sibling winds up taking most of […]

The conversation with an aging parent about having someone come into the home to help is usually not an easy one. Factors of comfort, cleanliness and safety are typically the key motivators involved. The triumphant moment of the senior’s expressed cooperation with the idea of “getting help” feels like crossing the verbal finishing line. But, […]