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Managing Your Parents: There are many issues that arise when dealing with your aging parents. Even during your middle age your parents still think of you as a child. There are ways to enhance or improve your relationship with your aging parent. The articles included in this category will show you how. Also offered in this collection of articles are concrete suggestions on how to best deal with the tough issues that exist, such as moving your parent to an elder-care residence.

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• Four Key Principles of Geriatric Care

  By Robert Stall M.D. - It's important that older adults, their families and friends understand four key principles to ensure that older adults receive timely & appropriate health care services and advice. (Added: 22-Feb-2006 Hits: 252 )

• AGING IS IMPROVED BY PERSONAL CONTROL OF LIFE ROLES

  By Neal Krause Ph.D., and Benjamin A. Shaw, Ph.D. - Older adults who feel they have control over roles they value live longer than those who don't, according to a new study. Being a parent, grandparent or provider can add value to an elderly person's life. And having control over such roles appears to be more important to people as they age than feelings of control over life as a whole. This finding is reported on in this month's Psychology and Aging, published by the American Psychological Association (APA). (Added: 22-Feb-2006 Hits: 257 )

• Long Distance Caring

  By Emily Carton, LISW - In today's society, it is not uncommon for families to be separated by great distances. But what happens when one or both parents reach a stage in their lives where they appear to be frail and vulnerable? What can you do to keep from living with an enormous amount of guilt and worry or feeling that to help means sacrificing your own life? (Added: 22-Feb-2006 Hits: 235 )

• Before a Parent Moves In: An Emotional Checklist for the Families

  By Emily Carton, LISW - It would be wonderful if all relationships were easy all the time, especially with those that we love and cherish most. When someone gets ill, or can't live alone, the question of where they should live and whether they should live with us sometimes raises issues that become broader than our feelings of love. Care giving, or even the reshifting of a relationship with a parent, can be both exciting and stressful. (Added: 22-Feb-2006 Hits: 248 )

• Reinventing Your Adult Relationship with Your Mother

  By Susan Newman, Ph.D. - This is a wonderful article adapted from the author's book called 'Nobody's Baby Now: Reinventing Your Adult Relationship with Your Mother and Father'. There are a few tips on how to reinvent your adult relationship with your parents. What do you do when your parents treat you like a baby? Read this article for some helpful advice. (Added: 18-Aug-2004 Hits: 570 )

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