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Author: Mary Haynor

President & CEO Mary accepted her leadership role with Horizon in 1999 and has never looked back. She received her BS from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee followed by her MBA from Marquette. Her innovative way of thinking and commitment to requiring excellence from her staff make her an effective and respected leader. In 2010, Mary was honored with the Milwaukee Business Journal’s Woman of Influence award. When she’s not at work, Mary loves to spend time with her kids and grandchildren.

Apr 17, 2021

Dad Worries, So Should I Lie to Him?

Dad Worries, So Should I Lie to Him?

"I’m scheduled for surgery in a couple weeks. The procedure isn’t too serious, but it is a surgery after all. Frankly, I’m concerned about telling my father that I’ll be...

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Grandma Doesn't Make Cookies Anymore

"My mother is holding out for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine even though she has an opportunity to get the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. I’m wondering how to convince her...

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Apr 10, 2021

Mom Is Being Picky About the Vaccine

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Dad Doesn't Connect With Friends Anymore

Apr 3, 2021
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Vaccine Second Thoughts - Side Effects

Mar 27, 2021
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Is It Too Soon for a Family Reunion?

Mar 20, 2021
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End-of-Life Discussions Are Awkward

Mar 13, 2021
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Scammers Are Targeting My Dad

Mar 6, 2021
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Can Mom Jump Back Into Travel?

Feb 27, 2021
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Mom Wants to Skip the Second Dose

Feb 20, 2021
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Dad Says NO to the Vaccine

Feb 13, 2021
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Dad Just Sits In the Dark

Feb 6, 2021

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Cold, Flu or COVID?

Dec 31, 2020
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Dealing with the Winter Doldrums

Dec 26, 2020
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Will the Vaccine Set Grandpa Free?

Dec 19, 2020
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What Do the Elderly Want from Santa?

Dec 12, 2020
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Can Mom Safely Receive Packages?

Nov 28, 2020
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Can Mom Be First In Line for the Vaccine?

Nov 21, 2020
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Is Thanksgiving Too Dangerous for Dad?

Nov 14, 2020
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Dad Is Being Held Captive

Nov 7, 2020
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Should Mom Have Over a Repairman During COVID?

Oct 31, 2020
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Protecting a Traveling Father

Oct 24, 2020
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Dad Will Not Wear a Mask

Oct 17, 2020
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Dad Refuses to Answer His Phone

Oct 10, 2020
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Mom Wants to Hoard for the Second Wave

Oct 3, 2020
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Does Dad Need a Credit Card?

Sep 26, 2020
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Can Mom Safely Celebrate Halloween?

Sep 19, 2020
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Should Dad Get This Year's Flu Vaccine?

Sep 12, 2020
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COVID, School and the Elderly

Sep 5, 2020
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Mom Is Eager for the COVID Vaccine

Aug 29, 2020
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Dad Insists On Voting In Person

Aug 22, 2020
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Attending Funerals During a Pandemic

Aug 15, 2020
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How Can Grandma Still Be Part of a Wedding?

Aug 8, 2020
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I Don't Want to Give COVID-19 to My Parents

Aug 1, 2020
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Thought Leaders - Home Care Is the Future

Jul 31, 2020
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Dad Can't Read Lips During This Age of Mask-Wearing

Jul 25, 2020
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Can Dad Wear a Mask If He Has Trouble Breathing?

Jul 18, 2020
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Is It Safe to Take Mom to the Doctor?

Jul 11, 2020
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How Do I Protect Mom In a Second Wave?

Jul 4, 2020
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Dad Is Giving Money Away

Jun 27, 2020
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Dad Ignores His Future

Jun 20, 2020
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How Race Affects Hospice Decisions

Jun 13, 2020
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Is Takeout Food Safe for My Father?

Jun 6, 2020
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Can Dad Safely Get a Haircut?

May 30, 2020
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How Do You Celebrate In a Pandemic?

May 23, 2020
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Mom Insists On Being Tested

May 16, 2020
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Mom Refuses to Be Safe

May 9, 2020
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I'm Going Back to Work--What About Mom?

May 2, 2020
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Protecting Dad In the Community During a Pandemic

Apr 25, 2020
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Fighting Boredom During This Pandemic

Apr 18, 2020
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Dad Wants Out - Literally

Apr 11, 2020
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My Father Is at Very High Risk of Dying from This Virus

Apr 4, 2020
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Best Practices During COVID-19

Mar 28, 2020
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Caring for Healthcare Workers

Mar 21, 2020
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Horizon's Response to COVID-19

Mar 19, 2020
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Who Takes Care of Dad When I'm Sick?

Mar 14, 2020
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Mom Is a Scary Driver

Mar 7, 2020
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I'm Worried About the Coronavirus

Feb 29, 2020
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Dad Never Exercises

Feb 22, 2020
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Why Does My Brother Have All the Influence?

Feb 15, 2020
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I Can't Stand Complaining

Feb 8, 2020
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I Hate Visiting Hospitals

Feb 1, 2020
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Do I Remind Dad of His Deceased Wife's Birthday?

Jan 22, 2020
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Mom Eats Only Junk Food

Jan 16, 2020
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When Do You Write a Eulogy?

Jan 11, 2020
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Mom Is a Furniture Walker

Jan 4, 2020
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Mom Has a Lot of Stuff

Dec 27, 2019
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Chasing the Post-Holiday Blues

Dec 20, 2019
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Is There a Solution to a Demanding Patient?

Dec 14, 2019
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I Lost a Parent, NOT You

Dec 7, 2019
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What If Caregiving Just Isn't for Me?

Nov 30, 2019
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Should Dad Be Traveling at His Age?

Nov 23, 2019
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When Caregiving Ends

Nov 16, 2019
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I Want to Move in With Mom as Her Caregiver

Nov 9, 2019
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When You Feel Guilty as a Caregiver

Nov 2, 2019
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When Mom and Dad Cannot Host Holiday Dinners Anymore

Oct 26, 2019
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Spending All Your Retirement Savings on Health Care?

Oct 19, 2019
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Mom Worries Too Much

Oct 12, 2019
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Mom Keeps Swearing

Oct 5, 2019
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Saving for Retirement While Caring for Mom?

Sep 27, 2019
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I Am Not Happy with the Care My Mother Is Receiving

Sep 21, 2019
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Mom Never Stops Talking

Sep 14, 2019
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How to Talk With Your Siblings About Caregiving for Your Parents

Sep 7, 2019
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Managing Two Homes as a Caregiver

Aug 31, 2019
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Feeling Judged As A Caregiver

Aug 24, 2019
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Traveling and Caregiving in Retirement

Aug 17, 2019
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Can Shopping With Mom or Dad Go Faster?

Aug 9, 2019
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Sister Pretends to Care for Mom

Aug 2, 2019
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Caregiving From a Distance: When to Step In

Jul 26, 2019
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Dad Is Dating Again

Jul 20, 2019
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How to Choose the Right Home Care Provider

Jul 12, 2019
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Mom Hardly Eats. How Can I Help?

Jul 5, 2019
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Dad Is Taking Medications Off-Schedule to Save Money

Jun 28, 2019
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Dad Cannot Care for Mom Anymore

Jun 21, 2019
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Mom Treats Her Children Differently

Jun 14, 2019
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Debunking A Common Hospice Myth

Jun 7, 2019
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How Can I Make My Father's Parkinson's Easier on Him When We Are Dining Out?

May 31, 2019
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The Rewards of Caregiving and Why It's Important

May 24, 2019
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Do You Need Hospice in Your Final Days?

May 17, 2019
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My Nurse-Sister Is Meddling with Mom's Care and Bossing Around Her Health Care Team

May 10, 2019
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I Want to Be a Caregiver

May 3, 2019
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The Best Way to Help Mom with Her Finances

Apr 26, 2019
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Dad Smells Bad

Apr 19, 2019
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Mom Is Grinding Her Teeth After Her Stroke

Apr 12, 2019
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Dad Spends All His Time by Mom's Grave

Apr 5, 2019
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Is Mom's Purse Putting Her in Danger on Walks to the Park?

Mar 29, 2019
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Dad Drinks Heavily Since Mom Died

Mar 22, 2019
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How Can I Convince My Father to Eat Healthier?

Mar 15, 2019
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I Am Running Out of Steam with Caregiving

Mar 8, 2019
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Mom Is Not Active Anymore

Mar 1, 2019
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Unwanted Caregiving Advice

Feb 22, 2019
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Dad Wants to Travel Alone

Feb 15, 2019
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A Lonely Valentine's Day for Mom

Feb 8, 2019
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I Am Lost Without Mom

Feb 2, 2019
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My Elderly Father Shoveling Snow Scares Me

Jan 25, 2019
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Alzheimer's and Advance Directives: Figuring out Dad's Wishes

Jan 18, 2019
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Taking Down Holiday Decorations

Jan 11, 2019
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9 Things Mom Can Do During the Winter Doldrums

Jan 4, 2019
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Am I Experiencing Caregiver Burnout?

Dec 28, 2018
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Caregiver Gifts & Ideas for Dad

Dec 20, 2018
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How Do I Tell My Father with Dementia We Need to Move Him? | [Video]

Dec 18, 2018
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Children Not Helping Stepmother with Father's Care

Dec 13, 2018
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Should I Be Paid to Care for My Father

Dec 7, 2018
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Mom's Shopping Addiction Jeopardizes Her Ability to Pay for Health Care

Nov 30, 2018
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Is Dad Overmedicated?

Nov 23, 2018
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Mom Refuses Hearing Aids

Nov 16, 2018
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Should I Bring Mom on Vacation?

Nov 9, 2018
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Mother Was Not Told of Her Son's Death While She Was on a Cruise

Nov 2, 2018
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What to Do When Dad's Caregiver Is Not Meeting His Needs

Oct 26, 2018
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How Do I Accept That Mom Is Not Immortal

Oct 19, 2018
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Motherhood: Adjusting to Life as a Caregiver

Oct 12, 2018
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"The Joys of Caregiving"

Sep 28, 2018
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"Do I Have to Care for Dad?"

Sep 21, 2018
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"When a Sibling Visits from out of Town and Disrupts Caregiver Plans"

Sep 14, 2018
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"When a Live-In Caregiver Friend Gets Too Familiar”

Sep 7, 2018
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3 Steps to Find Meaningful Work for Dad

Aug 17, 2018
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Mom's Caregiver Is Taking Her to a Mystery Appointment with Her Lawyer

Aug 3, 2018
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How to Get Paid as a Live-In Caregiver

Jul 13, 2018
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Do We Tell Mom?

Jun 29, 2018
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The Odd Sister Out

Jun 22, 2018
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Caring for Father with Mental Health Issues

Jun 8, 2018
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Mother Needs to Slow Down

Jun 2, 2018
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Dad Living with Buddies

Mar 30, 2018
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What to Do with Mom’s Things

Mar 23, 2018
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Interesting Funeral and Burial Plans

Mar 16, 2018
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Mom Thinks She Is A Burden

Mar 10, 2018
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Yard Work

Mar 2, 2018
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When Children Are Pushing End-of-Life Planning

Feb 23, 2018
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When Live-In Facilities Have Lousy Food Options

Feb 16, 2018
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Sibling Is Stealing from Parent

Feb 9, 2018
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Is Mom Misplacing Things, Or Is Someone Stealing Them?

Feb 3, 2018
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What Is the Best Way to Complain?

Jan 27, 2018
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I Do Not Want to Move

Jan 20, 2018
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How Do I Get Dad to Talk

Jan 13, 2018
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Asking My Children for Help

Jan 5, 2018
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Planning for Mom to Move In

Dec 30, 2017
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Packing with Dad for the Holidays

Dec 22, 2017
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Too Tired for the Holidays

Dec 16, 2017
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Bringing the Christmas Spirit Back

Dec 8, 2017
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Motivating Dad

Dec 1, 2017
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Shopping with Grandma

Nov 24, 2017
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Job Opportunity

Nov 10, 2017
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Who Gets Grandma for Christmas

Nov 3, 2017
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Mom Calls Me Too Often at Work

Oct 27, 2017
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We Want to Move

Oct 20, 2017
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Should I Be Worried About the Caregiver

Oct 13, 2017
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Sandwich Generation Problems

Oct 6, 2017
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Cheated Out of Time

Sep 29, 2017
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How to Protect Parents From Scams

Sep 15, 2017
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Dad's Prostate Cancer Treatment

Aug 31, 2017
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When Parents Should Stop Driving

Aug 18, 2017
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Incontinence

Aug 11, 2017
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How to NOT Grow Grumpy with Age

Jul 21, 2017
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Dad Is Losing Weight

Jul 14, 2017
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Family Visits "Wear Me Out"

Jul 7, 2017
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Funeral Planning

Jun 30, 2017
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Mom Wants to Work

Jun 23, 2017
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Mom Is Grinding Her Teeth

Jun 17, 2017
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Dad's Pilgrimage South

Jun 9, 2017
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Caring for Grandchildren

Jun 3, 2017
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What Happened to My Sweet Daughter?

May 27, 2017
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Grandparents and Bills

May 18, 2017
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Mom Wants to Try Online Dating

May 13, 2017
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Why Do I See People Getting Care That I Cannot Afford

May 11, 2017
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Feeling Helpless from Afar

Apr 29, 2017
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I Want My Family to Take Care of Me

Apr 22, 2017
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My Son Wants to Sign Onto My Accounts

Apr 15, 2017
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Husband Wants Me To Regularly Eat Lunch With Mother-In-Law

Apr 8, 2017
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Why is it So Taxing Caring for Mom?

Apr 1, 2017
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Oh No! Mom is Throwing Away Her Planning Papers!

Mar 25, 2017
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College Money

Mar 18, 2017
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Heart Failure and Diet

Mar 11, 2017
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When Should I Move Mom with Alzheimers Into A Facility?

Mar 4, 2017
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Pressure to Remodel Home

Feb 25, 2017
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Millenial Concern: Can My Parents Afford to Retire?

Feb 18, 2017
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My Children Want Me to Live with Them

Feb 11, 2017
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Let's Throw A Party!

Jan 28, 2017
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Frustrated by Health Care Bills

Jan 21, 2017
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Mom Has Dementia

Jan 14, 2017
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Dad Talks About Death

Jan 7, 2017
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Dad is Giving Away Money

Dec 31, 2016
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My Parent's Shoveling Scares Me!

Dec 24, 2016
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Missing Pain Medication

Dec 17, 2016
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Should Dad Keep Coming on Vacations?

Dec 10, 2016
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Motivating a Disabled Spouse

Dec 3, 2016
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Dad is Falling

Nov 26, 2016
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Gift Ideas for Dad

Nov 19, 2016
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Think Like a Child. Create Your Own Fun.

Nov 11, 2016
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I Need Work Flexibility

Nov 5, 2016
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Mom Complains of Health Care Costs

Oct 22, 2016
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Dad's Caregiver is Not Doing the Job

Oct 15, 2016
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The "One-Year" Rule

Oct 8, 2016
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My Mom Thinks She Can Walk

Oct 1, 2016
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Dad Lives in a Jungle

Sep 24, 2016
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Having Fun with Mom Again

Sep 17, 2016
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What to Do When Mom's Memory Slips

Sep 10, 2016
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Should I Move In?

Sep 3, 2016
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Dad's Not Coming Home From Rehab

Aug 27, 2016
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Feeling Guilty Traveling Without Parents

Aug 13, 2016
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How Does Hospice Work?

Aug 8, 2016
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My Sibling is Draining My Father's Resources

Aug 5, 2016
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Mom Wants a Dog

Jul 23, 2016
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11 Tips to Prevent Elderly Falls

Jul 23, 2016
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Dad Won't Let Me Set Up His Medication

Jul 9, 2016
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Dad Hates His New Home

Jul 2, 2016
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"Homebound" - what does this mean?

Jun 25, 2016
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Mom is Stealing the Neighbor's Mail

Jun 18, 2016
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Taxes and Caregiving

Jun 4, 2016
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Is Mother Too Dependent on Me?

May 28, 2016
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Mom Gives Away the Money That We Give Her

May 21, 2016
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What is private duty?

May 14, 2016
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I Work Multiple Jobs and Mother Needs Care

May 14, 2016
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How Do I Talk with My Parents About Moving?

May 7, 2016
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How Do I Get Mom to Wear a Lifeline Device?

Apr 30, 2016
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Should I Retire To Care For My Parent?

Apr 23, 2016
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Spring Activities for Caregivers

Apr 16, 2016
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Mom Keeps Firing All Her Caregivers

Apr 9, 2016
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How to Handle the Stress of Seeing Parent's Health Decline

Apr 2, 2016
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Should Mom or Dad Move In With Me?

Mar 26, 2016
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I Am Concerned About The Cost of Care For Mom

Mar 19, 2016
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Time Saving Techniques for Caregivers

Mar 12, 2016
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Should Mom Make Repairs to Her Home?

Mar 5, 2016
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Young Adults with Dying Parents

Feb 29, 2016
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Mom is so Frustrating at Times

Feb 20, 2016
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Dad Hates His New Home

Feb 13, 2016
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Should My Parents Spend The Money They Saved on Care?

Feb 6, 2016
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Protecting Parent's Resources

Jan 30, 2016
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I'm Afraid of Losing my Job Because of Caregiving

Jan 23, 2016
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Can I Take my Parents on a Roadtrip?

Jan 16, 2016
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Should You Accept Money for the Care You Provide?

Jan 9, 2016
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I'm Just Plain Tired!

Jan 2, 2016
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Choosing an Organization That Cares

Dec 26, 2015
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I Think Dad Needs Care - Where to begin?

Dec 19, 2015
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Including Children in the Caregiving Process

Dec 12, 2015
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I'm Uncomfortable When Mom Talks About Dying

Dec 5, 2015
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Palliative Care vs Hospice Care

Nov 28, 2015
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My Life is Being Stolen

Nov 21, 2015
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Dad is Lending Money and Getting Scammed

Nov 14, 2015
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Why is Respite Important?

Nov 7, 2015
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Lending Items to a Parent and Dealing with Siblings Later

Oct 31, 2015
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How to Work as a Team When Siblings Disagree on Care Decisions

Oct 24, 2015
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Why Would I Sign Mom on to Hospice If She Is So Active?

Oct 17, 2015
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The First Day Home from Surgery: What Caregivers Need to Know

Oct 10, 2015
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Distant Siblings Are Telling Me How to Care for Mom, yet I'm the Real Caregiver!

Oct 3, 2015
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Managing Elders' Medications

Sep 19, 2015
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When Should You Talk To Your Parent's Physician?

Sep 12, 2015
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My Parent Does Not Appreciate What I Do as a Caregiver

Sep 5, 2015
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I'm An Only Child Trying To Take Care Of My Parents

Aug 22, 2015
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Caregiving Is Too Much For Me

Aug 15, 2015
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Mom Doesn't Believe I Know What's Best for Her

Aug 8, 2015
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"Someone Keeps Hitting My Car!"

Aug 1, 2015
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Should I Ask My Parents for Money?

Jul 25, 2015
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My Parent is Slipping!

Jul 18, 2015
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Medicare to Pay Physicians to have End-of-Life Conversation with Patients

Jul 15, 2015
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Mom Hates Me!

Jul 11, 2015
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Handling A Parent's Finances

Jul 4, 2015
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Will Hired Caregivers Steal From Me?

Jun 27, 2015
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Should My Parents Spend The Money They Saved on Care?

Jun 20, 2015
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What To Do When Caregiving Makes You Irritable With Your Parent

Jun 13, 2015
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Bathing

Jun 6, 2015
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Does Hospice Need Reform?

May 11, 2015
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Grandma Doesn't Make Cookies Anymore

Dec 31, 1969

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