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The Good Visit: How to Make a Nursing Home Visit Meaningful for Both of You

Most advice about visiting someone in a nursing home is about what to look for. Is the room clean, is the call bell in reach, is anyone answering it. That advice is useful, and I've given plenty of it. But…

When Everything Falls Apart at Once: A Note on What to Do First

I received an email yesterday from a woman I'll call Carol. Her friend's husband had just died. The widow — I'll call her Helen — was in a memory care facility 600 miles away, barely eating, rarely leaving her room…