Recently my friend who is a caregiver told me she felt obligated to care for her cranky elderly mother (whom she loved but never really liked), because she suspected mild dementia and worried about leaving her alone. I told her how important it is to have her mother evaluated by a dementia specialist immediately because with early diagnosis and treatment…
Recently, I wrote about my brother’s passing and factors related to processing death of a sibling as an adult. As my sister and I were discussing the article, the topics of what happens to accrued points and miles upon death as well as other digital accounts such as Facebook and Twitter came up. Since I had no knowledge in this…
This article was originally going to be titled Phase III, after I wrote Moving Mom Phase I and Moving Mom Phase II, I was going to relate how my mother was adjusting to life in Charleston, SC, and I had planned to write about how we had worked out all the kinks of her relocation here. However, in December, I brought my…
“Moving Mom” Phase II, consisted of flying to Pennsylvania to finish packing Mother’s items, load the truck and set up Mom’s new room. As I mentioned in Phase I, I have the benefit of a wonderful sister who had taken time off from work to help Mom in culling her items; separating what to keep, sell, donate or give away.…