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By: Arlinda Babcock What is “Respite Care” and why is it needed? People generally think of respite care as a short term care arrangement for...

By Sylvana Rinehart My spouse doesn’t always “see things my way” when it comes to health and wellness issues, and I get frustrated, like mos...

By Maria Myers Annette was in her 70’s and living alone. She had reached out to us as she was concerned about her current health troubles of...

By Kathy Kappler, RN Many of us have been lucky enough to have had the pleasure of sharing our life with a pet. They have the ability to tou...

By Nori Patnode We all have special memories of holidays past. Time spent with family and friends burned in our memories and fueling our exp...

By Kathy Kappler, RN This season I'm thinking back to experiencing a Christmas with my sister while she had Alzheimer's Disease. The holiday...

By Donna Mischke Recognizing Changes in Aging Loved Ones During the Holidays Thanksgiving brings back happy memories of family and great foo...

By Donna Mischke Recently, we celebrated my mother-in-law’s 80th Birthday. It was a huge party held at a hotel with lots of family and frien...

"My Mom’s health has been declining steadily over the past year, in fact we’ve been here in the ER two times this month alone!" All too ofte...

By Scott Fleisch Pay attention to the signs along the journey of your parent’s aging process. As our parents age conditions generally change...

AnswersForElders.com was created by an adult family caregiver walking the same path, caring for her mom. Because she found on-line resources...

By Teresa Fischer Do you ever wish your life could be different, maybe you could have less stress and more time for the things you want to d...