Fostering Love: Caregiving Parents Lose a Daughter Whose Life and Death Offer Cherished Lessons

After 30 years of caring for a disabled daughter, time for parents to grieve and care for themselves

Fostering Love: A beloved daughterSource: Photo by Tom Famulari

A Story of Love and Blessings: Bridgette Famulari with her parents

A Blessing: Grieving and celebrating a disabled daughter's life and loss
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A Bill of Rights for the Grieving

From the Bereaved: Don’t tell me how to mourn

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Lose a loved one? You have the right to grieve at your own pace, in your own way.

Grief and Healing: What the bereaved wish you knew
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"Who am I?" At Midlife, it's Easy to Feel Alone with this Question

At Life Goes Strong, we understand that your concerns are unique to you -- and to who you are.

January 23, 2012
Open adoption is at the heart of the question "Who am I?"Source: Getty Images

Open adoption is at the heart of the question "Who am I?"
 

Your problems are unique to you. But you are not alone. We at Life Goes Strong hear you and labor every day to address your most pressing concerns.
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Parents: Important Advice About Your College Student and Eating Disorders

Here's What You Should Say and Do If You Fear Your Child Has an Eating Disorder

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The tabloids constantly claim super-thin celebrities like Angelina Jolie are battling anorexia. Here's what to say and do if you fear your college student might be suffering from an eating disorder.

Eating Disorders Can Be Fatal - Here's What You Need to Know
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Celebrities at 65: Look Who's Celebrating a Big Birthday in 2012

Break out the candles!

January 2, 2012

They're about to become old enough for Medicare — but they're looking good (mostly!).

Cheryl Tiegs
Elton John
O.J. Simpson at his 2008 trial
Mitt Romney in Iowa
Emmylou Harris
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Parents: 10 Winter Break Warning Signs of Eating Disorders in Your College Students

Home for the Holidays: Experts Say Parents Should Be “Vigilant” Especially with College Freshmen

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Home for the Holidays: 10 Winter Break Warning Signs of Eating Disorders in Your College Students

10 Winter Break Warning Signs of Eating Disorders in Your College Student
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6 Hot Healthcare Topics You Should Discuss With Aging Loved Ones Over the Holidays

‘Tis the Season to Talk to Parents and Grandparents About Health

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6 Lessons in Senior Healthcare: The holidays are the perfect time to talk with parents and older relatives about healthy aging issues.

Holidays are a Great Time for the Family to Discuss Their Seniors’ Health
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Holiday Advice About Our Aging Parents, Grandparents and Pain

Healthy Aging: Study says elderly patients get less pain relief in the ER

Healthy Aging: Help your elderly relatives get proper pain care in the ERSource: Getty Images

Study: Elderly ER patients get less relief for pain

Senior Healthcare: Aging relatives need your voice for pain relief in ER
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Caring For a Parent When a Medical Emergency Strikes

Here's what I learned when my mom made the first ambulance ride of her life – at 85.

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How to help your parent when he's in the hospital takes care and attention.

What I learned when my mother took her first ambulance ride at 85. How to care for an aging parent.
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Most Midlifers Do Not Have a Living Will

A recent Associated Press-Life Goes Strong Poll shows that when it comes to living wills and preparing for the unthinkable, most of us choose to ignore the issue entirely.

A living will or health-care proxy clearly spells out your desires.Source: Getty Images

A living will or health-care proxy clearly spells out your desires.

Illness and death are inevitable. But when it comes to a living will or health-care proxy, most of us are in complete denial.
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