As an only child living 600 miles from my retired parents, I fear the future. How and where my folks will grow old escapes me. I can’t imagine forcing them to move from Indiana to the East Coast, but neither can I bear the thought of tending to their needs from afar.

Lynchburg, VA - The number of people caring for elderly parents is on the rise. Every day, 10,000 people turn 65 and that is expected to continue until the year 2030, according to Home Instead Senior Care.

I am one of the millions of Americans who currently take care of an elderly parent. It’s almost impossible to get through the red tape required to qualify for services. Can you imagine how much harder this will be when the Republicans start to hand out …

“A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents — and Ourselves” (Knopf), by Jane Gross: Decades after screen star Bette Davis famously declared that “growing old is not for sissies,” Estelle Gross expanded on the woes of the ailing aged with her lament that people live too long and die too slowly.

As humans live longer, more and more people are finding themselves caring for their elderly parents. And its not unusual for problems to arise between brothers and sisters.

Caring for an elderly parent can tear apart sibling relationships, especially when the division of responsibilities is less than equitable.

LONDON, FEB. 21, 2011 ( Zenit.org ).- The archbishop of Westminster says helping families to care for their elderly members simply makes sense. Archbishop Vincent Nichols affirmed this Saturday at the archdiocesan annual Mass for the Sick.

Caring for an elderly parent can be a strain on sibling relationships, especially when the division of responsibilities is one-sided. That’s one of the conclusions of research released Tuesday that says for most Canadian siblings with parents in need of care, one of the adult children usually takes on the bulk of responsibilities.

Caring for aging parents is tricky. As parents get older, adult children often worry about their ability to manage their finances. It’s all too common for seniors to miss bills, spend all their money or become victims of scams .

Caring for aging parents is tricky. As parents get older, adult children often worry about their ability to manage their finances. It’s all too common for seniors to miss bills, spend all their money or become victims of scams .