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I recently had the good fortune of seeing my 83 year old father's feet.  Whoa! 

I should get on my hands and knees with gardening tools to clean them up but I think this job feels over my head.   Has anyone ever taken their elderly parent to the corner nail salon...

My dad is 72 yrs. old, young by comparison. It's been hard watching the "gradual death" of a strong willed and very stubborn man. He is a good man who has been a good friend to alot of people, but he wasn't always such a good father...

A good friend's mom is deteriorating, with asthma, dementia, and a few other things. My friend wants to chat with her mom's doctor, or even go to an appointment with her, to get the doc's ideas on what's going on. Her mom says it's private...

Mother's Day is just around the corner!  It's truly one of my favorite holidays...even before becoming a mother myself. 

I have the best mom ever and she deserves a really fantastic day.  I'll bet there are plenty of out there who feel the same...

I live with a 90 yr old who has had multiple TIA, her family moved her out of an assisted living facility and moved her into a beautiful home that she rents and they hired me to live here and take care of her 24/7...

As I've been learning more about caregiving, one common theme that I find is that you must take care of yourself as a caregiver first : the oxygen mask principle.

I didn't do this very well as a parent of young twins, but I'd like to learn how...

I want to thank everyone for replying to my post.  It was the first time I was on this site, and everyone's advice and support meant so much to me.  Update on Dorothy she went into the hospital two days ago and she did have another TIA, they...

I recently lost my mother of 86 years.  I was her caregiver for several years and the guilt I am feeling about whether I was good enough if terrible

Hello, I am Lisa and I am 41 I have 2 son's of which I just got my younger son out of the house at 19, he has joined the Air Force. Well before that my Dad passed away last Feb. since then I have moved my mom in my house. She is 77 she still gets around pretty good, but takes alot of meds...

Dad's 83.  He's been healthy all his life, but the last 2 years he's gotten weaker: more fragile, and physically tired. His hands shake. 

We finally had him get a full check up - and there you go.  He started Levodopa this week...

I am watching the most difficult experience of my life-my mom losing herself. I love my mom very much and am doing with the aid of my sister all possible for my mother. I treated her so horrible most of her years until she almost left us...

I'm fortunate enough to not be caring for my parents directly right now.  They're independent.  But I'm wondering, are weekends more or less stressful or caregivers?  During the week there's a lot of routine and schedule...

Since this group is new, I thought this may be a fun way to get us talking!  Choose three words to describe your caregiving situation!  I'll go first...

1)  Frustrating - Caregiving has taught me, even more than potty training a toddler, that free will is very powerful...

I've had 2 close friends in the last week tell me about their parents suddenly losing their 'sanity' only to discover they had urinary infections and once that was treated they were back to 'normal.'

They thought, 'well, she's finally losing it'.....

As a caregiver in an assisted living faculity, I at times have a difficult time redirecting one special person named Ann.  She moved in about 2 months ago and still to this day she doest not believe that she lives at the faculityl...

I just came across this and thought it may be of interest.  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/caringforyourparents/ [pbs.org]  Check your local listings for what time the show will air.  I look a look at in my area it is 9:00 pm.  I'm looking forward to watching...

In the next week, Caring.com is looking for caregivers' feedback on a few new feature ideas.



We are looking for people caring for parents with Alzheimer's or Dementia and/or other critical health issues.



People in the SF bay area would be especially...

We were just visiting my grandparents this weekend and they let us know that someone in their church let folks know that in order to receive the federal rebate funds, they had to file a tax return to get it, even if they owe no taxes...

I know I'm tooting Caring.com's own horn, but I just checked out our new blog Caring Currents (http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents) and it's sooooooo great!  Honestly, there's something for everyone in its entries.  Take a look!