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In a caregiving role, you learn how to manage tasks and duties that last year or last decade or last century seemed unimaginable.
Now, these skills seem to be second nature. Perhaps the pureed meal you prepare is now a family favorite, a meal family members request on special days, like birthdays.
Or, maybe you [...]
Stacey stood in line at the pharmacy. Actually, she jumped up and down in line at the pharmacy. She shouldn’t be here, she should be at home. But her siblings won’t return her calls, her husband is out of town and her father is in need of his refills.
She waited until the last minute, but [...]
It’s not that I don’t love Valentine’s Day. I just really love the day after. When it’s over.
I can get through stress of the December holidays, worrying whether certain family members will wreak havoc on our (hopefully) joyful time. I gut it out when I face another birthday and turn another year older.
But, the celebration [...]
You plow through the days, doing your best to stay positive, strong, smiling.
But, some days, well, you just find yourself wishing for a pink slip. If only you could just walk away from your caregiving role, you think, life would be so much better. And, worse, the wish to walk weighs heavily on your heart. [...]
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“Goals determine what you are going to be.” ~ Julius Irving
Today, on Your Caregiving Journey, Ellen Rogin, our wealthness expert, joined us for our monthly chat. We focused on setting and making goals and offered suggestions and ideas to help you use goals to create just what you want. (You can listen to our show [...]
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Spending so much time with your care recipient may unearth behaviors or situations or habits that are, well, just bizarre. The behaviors may be related to a disease process; the habits, to a way of life. Either way, you keep these to yourself because, well, who you would believe you?
But, the keeping in can keep [...]
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Change is the constant in caregiving. And, it’s not just changes from day to day; often, changes occur one minute to the next.
When you’re close to these changes, you may adjust to them without much thought. Until a milestone, like the holiday season, happens. And, then you think: Wow! It’s all different now.
So, tell us: [...]
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A few weeks ago, our online support groups mused over this request from me:
I wonder: Do you have one question that you seem to ask over and over because you can’t find the right answer? The question may be: Why did this happen to our family? Or, why in the world does my care recipient [...]
It was yesterday so it should be in our past.
But, sometimes, the emotional left-overs hang around as long as those turkey legs. Those holiday hang-overs of resentments and regrets or sadness and sullenness can turn the next few days sour.
Who wants that?
So, tell us: What are your emotional left-overs? Tell us now so you can [...]
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Commercials tells us we should love the holidays. During the holidays, commercials tell us, we have fun parties to attend, glamorous clothes to wear, beautiful gifts to open.
It seems there is much to love about the holidays.
Except for those things we hate.
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