How to Make Your Blended Family Work
Family structure in the United States is changing. The number of couples divorcing, remarrying, and cohabitating (living together, but not…
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Caring for Multiple People at a Time
For more than a decade, I was a long-distance caregiver to my mother and mother-in-law. In my mother’s column: two…
How to Make Dog Sharing Work
My friend Ilene used to drool over my dog Isabella but vowed she’d never get one of her own. She…
Aging Alone: Who Will Take Care of Me?
Denise Brown is a healthy 53-year-old who also happens to be the founder of the website caregiver.com. Divorced and without…
Cohabiting May Require an Insurance Merger
“When you merge two households, it's a good time to discuss with your partner the implications for your insurance policies…
Multigenerational Housing: Two or Three Generations Under One Roof
Farrah Cervantes had planned for her mother, Christina Lim, to move in with her, her husband Vincent and their two…
How to Embrace the Empty Nest
Empty Nest Syndrome, which refers to "feelings of sadness and loss when the last child leaves home," has been a…
How Your Relationship Status Can Affect Your Insurance
Your particular insurance needs depend, in part, on who you live with and your relationship to them. Most changes to…
How to Navigate the Waters of Online Dating
They say love makes the world go 'round but, the older we get, the harder it can be to find…
Oh, Brother! When Siblings Are Caregivers
Picture this: My mother is in rehab in Connecticut. She is recovering from two surgeries for blood clots followed by…