Dear Annie: My sister lives across the country and recently lost her husband. She doesn’t have much of a support system ...

I never had to ask. It was just there — part of the rhythm we had created. Three days after he died, my family urged m ...

If you have more than one adult child, how do you choose which should be your executor without offending the others? Here are a few considerations.

I’m the youngest of four kids. My dad died in 1990 at age 70. My mom died in 2018 at 96 after 10-plus years of dementia.

A widowed father says his relationship with his children's au pair has caused friction with his siblings. He explained on ...

I don’t want to listen to her petty attacks. Should I say something privately to her? To him? Or should I just mind my own ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am wondering if it would be crass or in poor taste to give a new widow a thoughtful sympathy card with ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Over a median of 3.97 years, 4,853 participants developed dementia: 3,729 had Alzheimer's disease, 341 had Lewy body dementia, 246 had vascular dementia, and 184 had frontotemporal dementia.

I find it impractical to spend a couple hundred dollars on a floral arrangement that will soon be dead, and would prefer to ...

New research reveals that specific brain network changes can predict which widowed elderly individuals are at higher risk for developing depression years before symptoms appear. The five-year ...

“Many widowed parents can feel isolated and abandoned left alone on an island. It’s not common to be young and widowed and so I love when they come to this event because they see that there ...