DEAR ERIC: I am a retired 70-year-old. My mother is 93 and lives alone about 20 miles from me. She has lived in her home for more than 50 years, is relatively healthy and can still take care of ...

O’Neil is a retired opera singer who lives in La Mesa. Eight years ago, at age 88, I was “knocked off my feet” by an attack of vertigo. I couldn’t walk or even focus my eyes. My family doesn’t live ...

Covarrubias is a licensed educational psychologist and lives in Bonita. I wrote last summer in The San Diego Union-Tribune about my caregiving experiences with my mother while she had dementia. A ...

Thirty-one years ago, my husband, Bruce, and I took on the role of a lifetime. I became the legal guardian, and Bruce the caregiver, for my nephew Dan Bivins, who was 7 at the time and born with Down ...

When my mom was 44 years old, she had an accident that left her unable to function properly. It was just the two of us, and even though I was only 13 years old, I became her caregiver. Now, as an ...

Dear Eric: I am 40 and physically disabled. I need a powered wheelchair to get around both outside and inside my apartment. Recently, my tires were popped by some broken glass from a bottle thrown out ...

For the last six months of my grandfather's life, my mornings had a rhythm: wake up, check on Papa, get him coffee, and make sure he took his medicine. After my grandmother died in September 2024, it ...

Living with cerebral palsy, I often refer to my caregivers as my “hands and feet.” That’s because while I have a perfectly sound mind, my body is far from it. Doing something as simple as typing these ...

More than 62,000 people are employed as caregivers and support staff in communities across New Mexico. We are the front-line workers addressing the long-term care needs of elderly and disabled ...