With considerable help from my wife, Patrice, I admitted my mother to a home specializing in memory care nearly nine years ago. We worked to understand, then wind up Mom’s everyday affairs; prepare a plan…

Losing someone is one of life’s most difficult experiences. In the days immediately following a death, emotions often feel overwhelming, yet there are still important responsibilities that need your attention. Between making arrangements, notifying family…

I open the FaceTime app, make sure my house and my kid are presentable (if you are Latino, you know), and press call. My father lives in Colombia, in a small town near Medellín, about…

I grew up hearing my grandmother say that she was afraid of dying. As she would put it, “If death were rest, I would rather live tired.” My grandmother was always a spirited person, with…

My daughter, Izzy, was diagnosed with cancer in 2011 at the age of three. In the beginning, what we were doing seemed so clear. It meant sacrificing quality of life for a bit, all for…

November is National Veterans and Military Families Month, National Care at Home Month, and National Family Caregivers Month. Here are 5 concrete steps you can take to support others. We include links to resources you…