No one wants to watch their parents get older. If your brother or sister really doesn’t want to think about them aging and what that…
Most seniors with long-term care needs rely on their family and friends to provide assistance, and a great majority of them rely on women, usually…
Talking to your aging parent about moving to an assisted living community isn’t easy and Bob and his three older sisters had “The Talk” with…
At 92 years old, Nancy loved living at home — or at least she thought she did.
A lot has been written for parents about the difference between raising boys and girls. Caring for an aging mom can be different from caring…
Shirley and Ed were Glastonbury High School sweethearts. As a young couple, they moved 20 miles north to Ellington, Connecticut, where Ed worked as a…
Old habits die hard — and so do sibling dynamics. If you can’t get through the sibling meeting without you or your siblings criticizing…
Mark and Sally both have their mom’s blue eyes and their dad’s sarcastic sense of humor, but that’s where the siblings’ similarities end.
The financial burden of caring for an aging parent is a large one. If your siblings aren’t chipping in for a parent’s care, you’re probably…
Siblings share both genes and family environment, but research shows siblings are similar in personality only about 20 percent of the time. When a parent…