Andrea Gallagher
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 8
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- Sep 25, 2026
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- Jul 9, 2026
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When aging reveals what a family has hidden (opens the original)
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For most of their marriage, Ruth managed the household while her husband, Frank, worked and handled a few familiar responsibilities. Ruth paid the bills, scheduled appointments, reminded Frank to take his medications, and helped him navigate social situations that made him uncomfortable. When plans changed unexpectedly, she calmed him. When he became suspicious that someone had moved his belongings, she helped him find them. If Frank made an inappropriate comment, Ruth quietly redirected the con
When caregiving brings old wounds home (opens the original)
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Family caregiving is often portrayed as a loving opportunity to give back to the person who once cared for us. But families are complicated, and not every parent-child relationship fits that comforting picture. Sometimes the parent who needs help was critical, neglectful or simply difficult. An adult child may have spent years creating healthy distance, only to find that an aging parent now needs care and no one else is available. The phrase “loved one” is common in conversations about caregivin
OK techies, hear me out (opens the original)
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I have been noticing ears lately. More specifically, I have been noticing what people put in them. Walk through an airport, a grocery store, a college campus or a coffee shop and earbuds seem to be everywhere: kids wear them; teenagers wear them; adults wear them; people exercise in them, shop in them, work in them and sometimes, rather annoyingly, continue wearing them while you are trying to talk to them. Recently I started wondering whether our ubiquitous earbuds might have an unexpected upsi
The letter no older driver wants to receive (opens the original)
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You walk to the mailbox, shuffle through the usual assortment of bills, advertisements and catalogs and spot an envelope from the California Department of Motor Vehicles. You open it. The DMV wants to reexamine your ability to drive safely. You haven’t asked for this. As far as you know, you haven’t done anything wrong. And then comes the question most of us would probably ask: Who reported me? You may never know. In California, someone making a report can request that their identity be kept con
Before complaining, consider why your doctor is running late (opens the original)
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Your appointment is at 10 a.m. You did everything right. You arrived 15 minutes early, checked in, completed the paperwork, and found a seat in the waiting room. At 10:20, you’re still waiting. By 10:40, you’re wondering if someone forgot you were there. Then, after you’re finally called back, you spend another 15 minutes alone in the exam room before the physician walks in. If you’ve found yourself wondering, “Has it always been this way,” the answer is no. According to a national survey of phy
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