Aging With Pets
For many older adults, pets are family — even when caring for them becomes difficult Fact checked by Ros Lederman For the past two years, I’ve been getting frantic calls from my in-laws at least once a month. I answer the phone to my stepmother-in-law pleading, “Can you please come get Murphy?” Murphy is the […]
The Price of Unpaid Caregiving
Unpaid caregivers often shoulder a financial burden on top of everything else Fact checked by Shannon Sparks Unpaid caregivers — spouses, parents, children, siblings, friends, neighbors, and more — make up the largest cohort of healthcare workers in the U.S. This may sound like hyperbole, but it’s true, says Amy Brennan, executive director of the […]