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Elder care - Demands by elderly can be selfish and unrealistic!

Too many elderly parents assume adult children will become responsible for them no matter what their child's life is at. They do not...

Advice on how to deal with live-in mother?

My mother has lived with us for 3 years now. She has her own apartment downstairs with a private entrance. She has severe hearing loss...

I'm so disheartened and angry.

I've posted before about in-law care-giving. Aged mother in law, lives in same town. We are at the tail end of a visit from sister in law...

It's been a hard week....

Always is when I go away for the weekend with my family... You can guarantee when I come back he's "been ill". EVERY TIME. So I phoned...

My "whine moment today." What's yours?

I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get...

Which is more difficult: raising kids or taking care of an aging relative fulltime?

I'm not a parent and I know parenting is not "easy" by any means, but I venture a guess that caring for an elderly relative full time is...

Was a caregiver for mom. Now decided to let my oldest daughter take over everything.

I've been living with my mom and helping her for 3 years and all the time before that I would go to clean her house, make her bed or...

Has anyone else felt these harsh realities of caregiving?

I wrote this at 3am when I was feeling utterly overwhelmed and in despair. I wish someone had told me the honest and harsh realities of...

Researchers just accidentally found an effective Alzheimer’s treatment while trying to cure diabetes

Mike Wehner January 1st, 2018 at 10:07 PM Developing new treatments for ailments can be a tedious and frustrating process for scientists....

Leaving the house linked to longevity in older adults

(Reuters Health) - For older people, getting out of the house regularly may contribute to a longer life - and the effect is independent...

Welcome to the new year!

Like many of you, we here at Elder Love are taking the turning of the calendar as an opportunity to start on a fresh and healthy path. ...