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In Pennsylvania, a child can be held financially responsible for the cost of their parents’ long-term care. Pennsylvania’s filial support law obligates children to pay for parents’ medical expenses ...

My husband is an only child, so the care of my father-in-law fell on us. We had to move him from his home of 61 years to an assisted living facility. He died at 93, right before Valentine's Day, and ...

When I started nursing my baby, everyone encouraged me. From the nurses in the hospital, who noted that my baby and I were “breastfeeding like a champ,” to the lactation consultant I hired to peer at ...