Caregivers Face Dilemma: Care or Divorce?

Imagine this scenario: You get married and vow ‘til death do us part, then bam, tragedy strikes. Your spouse is incapacitated and needs care 24/7. Let’s see, you could 1. Choose to honor your vows and become impoverished with mounting medical and caregiving debts or 2. Be forced to divorce the disabled spouse to get […]

Great ideas from the AGIS Caregiver Forums for the week of 2/11/2008

Our Forums are all about caregivers supporting each other. In this week’s highlights, members are sharing information on topics that concern us every day.
Having a family member with Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementia get lost is a caregiver’s worst nightmare. This posts discusses ways that members have prevented a family member with AD […]

Lasting Love for Valentine’s Day

Love happens at all ages, and seniors are no exception. The need for companionship, for marriage and for love does not diminish as one ages.
The Baltimore Sun has a great article that tells the story of Bill Miller and Jeanne Hamilton, who met on an elevator. Classic love story of “boy meets girl”, and the […]