I didn’t volunteer to become a caregiver to my elderly parents. Instead, I was slowly initiated into the role. It started by doing little things to help. Even though they were in their mid-eighties, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

DEAR ERIC: I am a retired 70-year-old. My mother is 93 and lives alone about 20 miles from me. She has lived in her home for more than 50 years, is relatively healthy and can still take care of ...

O’Neil is a retired opera singer who lives in La Mesa. Eight years ago, at age 88, I was “knocked off my feet” by an attack of vertigo. I couldn’t walk or even focus my eyes. My family doesn’t live ...

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 ...

Caregiver burnout is often framed as a personal issue, a matter of "self-care." This overlooks the complex realities of ...

Here are eight poems about my experience as a caregiver to my wife during her final days. I wrote eight poems in chronological order of the events that led to my wife's death, as I spent 77,000 hours ...