Care Communities & Housing Category

Moving elderly parents out of their homes to a care community may be an emotionally stressful event for family caregivers. Spouses who can no longer care for a spouse often have to make a similar decision. Learn how to overcome feelings of caregiver guilt and move ahead knowing the steps that c...

Couples living together in assisted living communities may have varying health and care needs. Additionally, assisted living spousal relationships reflect lifelong behavior patterns that may be challenging for care staff to understand. For this reason, care staff working in communities can lear...

Interview with Dr. Patrick Sharkey, Assistant Professor of Sociology, New York University(podcast 8:16 playing time)Click the Play button below to listen:      Care Communities & Housing Category ...

Many young people I know have never stepped inside a nursing home.  Yet our parents and grandparents have sickening visions of nursing homes that play in their minds like a horror movie especially when they think about getting older and the possibility that they might have to live in a nursing...

  Many older adults move from their homes to assisted living communities because they're experiencing challenges remaining at home either physically or cognitively. Many move because adult children have been acting in the role of caregiver and the time required to support the care of parents b...