Delirium is a sudden change in mental status that often occurs when older adults are in the hospital or after they have surgery. More than 20 percent of older adults may experience delirium. The ...

Considering a career as a caregiver? It takes a particular type of person to succeed in this challenging but rewarding career of compassion and responsibility. A caregiver must have excellent ...

Dear Mary, Mom’s care had become too much of a physical strain for me; my siblings are all out-of-state and we made the difficult decision together to move her into an assisted living memory care unit ...

There are numerous settings in which the lines between employment and friendship become blurred, but surely none so acute as the situation that exists between persons with disabilities and those they ...