From Ragged Edge to California Cool

When her husband proposed a month’s vacation in Mexico, Susan Reid hesitated – fearful of being away from her elderly parents for so long.  Susan’s mother is diabetic and her father has dementia.  Neither parent drives, unless you count the golf cart Susan calls...

Episode 130: The Legacy

When it comes to aging parents, working daughters often feel they have to choose between being a good employee and being a good daughter.  After her father died Illinois resident Maggie McClane chose to be a good daughter: she left her job as a paralegal and moved in...

Learning How To Dance In The Rain

The challenges of his political career were nothing compared to the steep learning curve faced by former Wisconsin Governor Martin J. Schreiber when his wife Elaine was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and he plunged into the role of spousal caregiver.  In today’s...