“I need help,” is one of the hardest things for us to say. No one wants to be seen as incompetent or unable to handle their day-to-day duties. Or worse, have their sense of control taken out from under them. So, when your mom or dad feels you’re making decisions for them, it’s not surprising
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Asking Your Elderly Parent to Stop Driving: Five Tips to Start the Heart-to-Heart
Getting our driver’s license gave many of us our first taste of freedom. Over the years, that little card let us go anywhere we wanted, whenever we wanted. So, it’s no surprise that if someone threatens to take it away, we would fight tooth and nail to hold on to it. If your parent has
Read MoreWhy You Should Celebrate National Family Health History Day This Thanksgiving
Certain topics should be left off the table during Thanksgiving dinner—politics, religion, Cubs talk in Cardinals country. But one discussion we do need to have while all of our loved ones are together under one roof is our family health history. Granted, no one wants to talk about cancer and diabetes while reaching for another
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