Welcome to the caregiving blog: caring for aging parents or yourself if you are the caregiver or an aging adult managing your health. Here, you will find helpful caring for aging parents blog articles, practical tips, and resources from caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson and the podcast transcripts from The Caring Generation® podcast. Pamela D Wilson exclusively writes all of the content in this blog based on more than 25 years of service to older adults and caregivers.
The Caring Generation®—Episode 248, July 1, 2026. Hip surgery recovery time for elderly parents goes beyond surgery. Family caregivers and older adults can learn critical information to speed recovery and prevent complications. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 247, June 17, 2026. My mother is in denial about dementia, my father doesn’t want to talk about it, and I’m feeling a bit helpless. These and other frustrations are common, especially when siblings have similar feelings. Caregiving...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 246, June 3, 2026. Inheriting a parent’s home instead of receiving caregiver pay may seem like a good idea. But what happens when Mom or Dad needs to sell their home or take out a reverse mortgage to pay the bills? Caregiving expert,...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 245, May 21, 2026. Learn how eldercare mediation can end sibling disagreements and preserve relationships with aging parents. Eldercare mediator, Pamela D Wilson, shares why family mediation can be beneficial. Gain insights to educate family members about the benefits of mediation for family caregivers and elderly parents.
The Caring Generation®—Episode 244, May 6, 2026. Caregivers stop sacrificing life and career while caring for aging parents by setting boundaries and discussing shared eldercare planning and responsibilities. Learn how to reduce guilt and initiate difficult...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 243, April 22, 2026. Take proactive steps to manage emergency care, hospitalization, post-hospitalization care, and return elderly parents home after a hospital stay. Caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson shares experiences of hospital...
Challenges faced by caregivers can result in emotional stress, physical and financial strain, and fractured family relationships. While many older parents benefit from help with daily tasks, others have serious health needs. These needs require careful coordination...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 242, April 8, 2026. Durable power of attorney agents for aging parents can use a care plan to inform their actions for money and physical care as part of an estate plan. Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert and expert witness, shares how...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 241, March 25, 2026. Sibling influence over elderly parents can be problematic. Parents can be influenced, isolated, and coerced when a bad sibling has control over their daily life. Gain insights to navigate complex family dynamics by...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 240, March 11, 2026. Navigating aging parent care needs can be challenging when parents and family caregivers feel overwhelmed. Caregivers worry about helping too much or not enough. Aging parents may have unreasonable expectations for...
Being a burden to family can be a growing concern for aging parents. Yet, not all families view the idea of being a burden the same way. Some aging parents do not expect “payback” for the sacrifices they made to raise their children. These parents are a blessing to...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 239, February 25, 2026. Learn the legal risks of appointing adult children as a durable power of attorney for healthcare decisions from caregiving expert and expert witness Pamela D. Wilson. Being an agent for an elderly parent may seem...
Family caregivers ask about being a legal guardian vs power of attorney. When is one versus the other needed? The answer to this question depends on the circumstances. Legal guardian vs power of attorney also depends on the powers granted by state statutes....
Finding an expert witness standards of care requires an understanding of clinical and non-clinical care management. Clinical and non-clinical care service providers vary significantly in their education, training, skills, documentation requirements, operational...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 238, February 11, 2026. The home care vs nursing home decision for an elderly parent or spouse can be emotionally distressing. Learn what care nursing home staff provides and why family caregiver support is beneficial to avoid unexpected...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 237, January 28, 2026. How can children taking care of elderly parents overcome guilt or a sense of burden when caregiving and family relationships become strained? How can aging parents learn to rephrase common statements that have...
As a non medical in home care expert witness, Pamela D Wilson offers background about non medical in home care agencies, standards of care, and service gaps that can lead to lawsuits in this article for family caregivers and care agency management. Family caregivers...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 236, January 14, 2026. Controlling caregivers can make caregiving and family relationships challenging when an elderly parent’s or spouse’s health conditions change. Caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson shares insights from both sides of...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 235, December 31, 2025. Experiencing one elder care crisis after another can be avoided when younger generations initiate intergenerational caregiving conversations with aging parents. Caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson shares the story...
Younger generations can play a vital role in improving relationships with siblings and reducing the costs of caregiving. Caring for an aging parent takes an emotional toll on caregivers’ emotional and physical health. When managing caregiving alongside their own...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 234, December 17, 2025. Making decisions for an elderly parent with dementia is a serious responsibility for family caregivers who might also be a power of attorney agent or guardian. As memory loss progresses and decision-making skills...
Can an emergency guardian for an elderly parent be appointed without you knowing? The answer is yes. Learn the who, what, and how of emergency guardianship petitions for elderly parents, spouses, grandparents, and other elderly family members. While an emergency...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 233, December 3, 2025. Are generational caregiving expectations straining relationships with elderly parents and siblings? Family caregiving often involves complex dynamics that can make providing eldercare more challenging than it needs...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 232, November 15, 2025. How to stop elderly abuse, including financial exploitation, power and control, neglect, and emotional manipulation, is a critical issue that families often struggle with, due to embarrassment, shame, and a lack...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 231, November 5, 2025. Caregiver role stress can impact caregivers and the elderly, leading to emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion. Find tips to manage chronic stress and strain. In this episode, caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 230, October 22, 2025. Dealing with elderly parents living too long can be emotionally stressful for family caregivers and the elderly person. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares thoughts about elderly parents living too long and...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 229, October 8, 2025. Caregiver counseling provides practical insights and straightforward answers to the challenges of elderly care, including health, financial, legal, and family concerns. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares the...
Caregivers learn many medical abbreviations and acronyms when caring for elderly loved ones. The LTC medical abbreviation has multiple meanings, depending on the context. If you are hearing the term LTC, the topic may be: LTS long-term as LTSS or long-term services...
Elder abuse includes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, financial exploitation, neglect, and self-neglect of older adults and adults with disabilities. Hesitance exists among family members, family caregivers, friends, and professionals to report elder abuse....
The Caring Generation®—Episode 228, September 24, 2025. What can caregivers do when care for an elderly parent at home stops working? Caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson shares thoughts on rethinking and reassessing care situations to determine practical next steps...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 227, September 10, 2025. Navigating the challenges of caregiving for aging parents can be daunting, especially when an elderly parent, such as a mother or father, wants to move in with the family caregiver. Pamela D Wilson, caregiving...
As an elderly care expert witness, Pamela D. Wilson has extensive expertise in caregiving and care planning in healthcare, legal, and financial matters. The benefits of Wilson’s experience for law firms, litigators, family members, and elderly adults include...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 226, August 27, 2025. Caring for an anxious elderly mother can be emotionally and physically draining. Find caregiver tips and strategies for managing caregiving challenges. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares how to set boundaries...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 225, August 13, 2025. Learning how adult children, siblings, or other family members manipulate elderly parents can be eye-opening if you've never considered manipulation to be potentially abusive. In this episode, caregiver expert...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 224, July 30, 2025. Gain actionable strategies to recognize and create a caregiver burnout prevention plan. Discover aspects of caregiving that contribute to emotional and physical stress. Caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson shares tips...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 223, July 16, 2025. Seek emotional support for family caregivers from caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson. Learn effective caregiver strategies and practical solutions to help manage the emotional impact of caregiving in unpredictable and...
Duty of Care Neglect Can Result in Personal Injury Duty of care can be a confusing topic for family caregivers and persons injured by a home care agency worker. While personal injury, elder law, estate planning, or other litigators are well-versed in the factors...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 222, July 2, 2025. Creating family caregiving strategies can include discussions about putting a parent in a care home. Pamela D Wilson, caregiving expert, shares insights into the importance of creating family caregiving strategies and...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 221, June 18, 2025. Caregivers doing too much can feel guilty when they are unable to keep up with the increasing demands and care needs of elderly parents. Receive practical caregiver advice and tips to uncover the critical aspects of...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 220, June 4, 2025. Family expectations and pressures can be significant when caring for elderly parents. Pamela D Wilson, caregiving expert, shares how to stop feeling pressured by elderly parents, siblings, or others to take on...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 219, May 21, 2025. Dealing with siblings who refuse to offer to care for elderly parents or those who are overcontrolling can be challenging. Sibling caregiver resentment can be difficult to resolve unless all siblings are willing to work together to help a parent they love.
The Caring Generation®—Episode 218, May 7, 2025. Are you a stressed-out caregiver? The 9 questions in this caregiver stress survey can help you identify habits that might be complicating communications and interactions with others. Use this caregiver self assessment tool to level up your caregiving skills and reduce stress.
The Caring Generation®—Episode 217, April 23, 2025. The desire to help results in caregivers being taken advantage of. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares six ways caregivers are taken advantage of by elderly parents, siblings, and others, and offers steps to...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 216, April 9, 2025. When siblings disagree on care of elderly parents small problems quickly become big. Learn how to manage sibling disagreements to avoid major conflicts and disagreements that impact the care of elderly parents.
The Caring Generation®—Episode 215, March 26, 2025. Understanding the care of elderly A to Z helps caregivers be proactive to in the care of others and themselves. The 26 articles shared during Episode 215 are written by caregiving expert, Pamela D Wilson, and are...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 214, March 12, 2025. If a spouse has health issues, check out this list of 9 things to consider to prepare for what’s ahead, whether you are living with a health problem, or a partner or spouse has memory loss and is likely to be...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 213, February 26, 2025. What human or civil rights does a person with dementia have? Dementia and human rights can be complicated by care needs, provider rules, and regulations, or relationships with family members. Learn four words and...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 212, February 12, 2025. Are you a caregiver living life and feeling trapped taking care of someone else who is sick? If you are a sick person who needs care, you might also feel trapped and tired of doctors or your caregiver telling you...
The Caring Generation®—Episode 211 January 30, 2025. Elderly parents with dementia can lose their language skills and verbal communication abilities. They may speak, but their words don’t make sense. This type of communication is called word salad dementia.
The Caring Generation®—Episode 210, January 15, 2025. Is your sibling abusing power of attorney for an elderly parent? Learn how to prevent sibling abuse of power of attorney when your sibling is named as the sole agent or when you share power of attorney agent duties...
