by Associate Editor | Jun 18, 2025 | Home Care, mental health, Senior stories
This article was written by a guest contributor, John Trompeter, the owner/operator of ComForCare of Wheaton, IL. Caring for an elderly loved one often involves a gap between perception and reality. Families may assume their loved one needs only minimal care,...
by Kevin Banet | Apr 19, 2025 | mental health, Senior stories
Dementia claimed his wife’s life The older man, somewhere in his 80s, waved and smiled. I was a bit taken aback. It was a warm Good Friday afternoon, and I was out walking the dog—just following my normal path, expecting the usual silence from a stranger. And so...
by Kevin Banet | Oct 16, 2023 | mental health, nursing homes, Prayer
I know of two men who make regular trips to the dementia unit of a local nursing home. Two or three times a month one of them brings a statue of Mary and leads them in the rosary. To the outside observer, there seems to be few results from what they do. The man...
by Kevin Banet | Feb 18, 2023 | History, mental health
If you have an aging parent with mental difficulties, did you ever wonder what kind of value they have in life? In other words, can anything good come from the difficulties of mental illness? If we look at history, we can find notable figures who have suffered from...
by Kevin Banet | Sep 17, 2022 | Home Care, mental health, News
When you help a needy person, there is always a price to pay. Years ago I befriended an older single woman who needed rides to church on Sunday. I didn’t mind the extra time to pick her up – what was unexpected was how long it took to talk to her on the phone. Rosella...
