Many older caregiving families are also blended families and have to learn how to get along. The AARP article Caregiving - With Your Mom's New Husband explores how adult children and their new stepparents can balance the responsibilities... and offers practical suggestions on how to try to ease some of the stress that caregivers experience within blended families.

Caregiving has many challenges and also many rewards. This article covers important topics for caregivers. 

Caregiving With Your Siblings helps you learn how to identify family dynamics that can impact caregiving, ways your siblings can help, how to increase your chances of getting help with caregiving, and how to deal with emotions that arise during caregiving. 

A daughter shares what it was like to find out that her father had cancer and how her experiences with illness and dying changed her perspective. 

There are many misconceptions about long term care. This tipsheet will provide some facts to aid in your planning.

As Americans live longer, many baby boomers find themselves providing financial and emotional support to aging parents. Siblings often have to discuss how to navigate this phase in their parents’ lives. 

As a family caregiver for a parent, child, spouse, or other loved one, you’re likely to face a host of new responsibilities, many of which are unfamiliar or intimidating.

Long term care conversations with the important people in your life may be unpredictable, but also eye opening. It is important to know what their expectations are as well as yours. Family dynamics can come into play and cause some uncertainty. This article provides helpful tips for you to consider before you have your conversation.

All caregiving situations are unique and are based on personalities and relationships developed since childhood, so there are some differences in caring for our moms and dads.