Taking care of an aging parent can have a major impact on your life. For the millions of family caregivers throughout the United States, they take on this role because they either don’t think that they could afford to hire a professional caregiver, or because they believe it’s their responsibility. Sometimes, even if they have always known their parent to be a positive person, they will find that they might be negative about many things. This could be due to a number of factors, including feeling lonely, dealing with many health issues, concerns or fears about their own mortality, or their limitations (they can’t do some of the things that…

As we go through life, we enjoy all of the special moments with our parents and grandparents and build so many memories.  For this very reason, it is often difficult and challenging to see these people we’ve looked up to our entire lives moving into the stages of old age.  Our senior loved ones might experience medical issues as they age, or realize they can’t do what they used to around the house.  There comes a point when families must decide if their aging loved one will remain in their home with a caregiver, or if alternative living choices need to be looked at.  A growing number of families are…