Orrin Onken, a retired elder law attorney in his 70s, doesn't want his kids to become his carers. When he practiced elder law, he witnessed family disasters over amateur caregiving from relatives.

Each morning, millions across the nation help expedite morning routines for people they love. Parents rouse sleepy children, cook breakfasts, and pack up belongings for the day ahead. In other cases, ...

When I was diagnosed with stage 3 lobular breast cancer in early 2011, I didn’t have a caregiver. TBH (to be honest), I didn’t even know what a caregiver was; I kept getting the term mixed up with ...

Question for my readers: What are the top 5 stressors in your caregiver life? What are the worries that keep you awake at night? What are the things you need right now to better navigate this time in ...

One of my favorite Christmas memories is cracking coconuts against my family’s brick house in New York, scraping up the creamy coconut meat and blending it with eggnog to make coquito. My grandmother, ...

Orrin Onken, a retired elder law attorney in his 70s, doesn't want his kids to become his carers. When he practiced elder law, he witnessed family disasters over amateur caregiving from relatives.

A couple of years out of college, I decided to join my boyfriend of a year in a move across the country to Oregon. About eight months later, still friendless and broke from the move to a state I'd ...

Dear Eric: I am 40 and physically disabled. I need a powered wheelchair to get around both outside and inside my apartment. Recently, my tires were popped by some broken glass from a bottle thrown out ...

A home care nurse is shown leaving a client's home while wearing personal protective equipment. Credit: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Everything changed for me in the summer of 2019. My mother fell while ...

Dear Eric: I am 40 and physically disabled. I need a powered wheelchair to get around both outside and inside my apartment. Recently, my tires were popped by some broken glass from a bottle thrown out ...

Eight years ago, my husband stepped on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. He lost his left leg and much of his left arm, and barely survived. Mike's war was over. But mine would be fought ...