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May 16 2013 in Friday Chat, Spotlight, Working and Caregiving by Denise
How do you manage a caregiving crisis and your job? In this video chat, @Trish shares how she manages her brother’s recent hospitalization and her work load. Cali Williams Yost, author of TWEAK IT: Make What Matters to You Happen Every Day, discusses tips on communicating with your boss and co-workers when a caregiving crisis [...]
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May 14 2013 in Friday Chat by Denise
Watch our video chat with Michelle Seitzer and Laura Hahn, both of whom helped care for their grandparents. We discuss their tips and suggestions for young adults involved in a caregiving situation. Related Articles Video Chat: Taking Caregiving Public (caregiving.com) Video Chat: How Do We Help Family Caregivers? (caregiving.com) Video Chat Friday: Working and Caregiving [...]
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May 13 2013 in Denise's Blog, Six Stages by Denise
Last week, I began a six-part video series that walks you through The Caregiving Years, Six Stages to a Meaningful Journey. In each video, I’m describing the keyword (your coping strategy) of each stage of the caregiving experience. In this video, I describe the keyword–find–for the second stage of the The Caregiving Years. In the [...]
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May 9 2013 in Friday Chat by Denise
Watch our video discussion with three of our members: @ejourneys, cares for her partner; @ccforsure, who cares for her grandmother, and @trish, who cares for her brother. We’ll discuss taking a caregiving situation public by blogging. Related Articles Video Chat Friday: Working and Caregiving (caregiving.com) Video Chat: How Do We Help Family Caregivers? (caregiving.com) Next: [...]
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May 7 2013 in Denise's Blog, Six Stages by Denise
Today, I begin a quick six-part video series that walks you through The Caregiving Years, Six Stages to a Meaningful Journey. In each video, I’m describing the keyword of each stage of the caregiving experience. In this quick video, I talk about the keyword–ask–for the Expectant Caregiver, the first of the six stages. In this [...]
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Apr 25 2013 in Caregiving Solutions by Denise
According to The National Alliance for Caregiving, in the U.S., 65.7 million caregivers–29% of the U.S. adult population–provide care to someone who is ill, disabled or aged. We’re also a population living with chronic illnesses; according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 133 million Americans–almost 1 out of every 2 adults–had at least [...]
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Apr 10 2013 in Friday Chat, Working and Caregiving by Denise
On April 12, I hosted a video chat on Google Hangouts to discuss managing a career and a caregiving experience. You can watch our discussion via the video at the bottom of the post. The panel of family caregivers includes: –Chris, who works for a social service agency and cares for his partner. Chris blogs [...]
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Mar 30 2013 in Table Talk Live by Denise
I’m in South Florida this weekend. Chris (@thpurplejacket) invited me for a visit and I had a credit with Southwest Airlines so how could I say “No” to a reprieve from an endless Chicago winter? (Interestingly enough, I had a credit on Southwest because of my trip last year to see @trish and @kreisler.) I [...]
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Mar 23 2013 in Quiz Show, Videos by Denise
Join us on Sunday, March 24, at 4 p.m. ET (3 p.m. CT, 1 p.m. PT) for our Caregiving Quiz Show. Watch as our contestants answer questions about the caregiving experience, Caregiving.com and our current events topic (spring). Here’s how our Caregiving Quiz Show works: The show lasts about 40 minutes with three different rounds: [...]
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Mar 4 2013 in Life Line by Denise
When our companies give us flexible work schedules, we can be available when life calls us to do our most important work. If this Life Line, I reflect on our life’s most important work, which happens outside the cube. You can read more about my thoughts on Yahoo’s decision to require workers to report to [...]
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Feb 23 2013 in Caregiving Stories by Denise
This morning, during our Caring for Parents chat, @michellem shared a video she created with her mom and about caring for her father. It’s beautiful and I thought you’d all enjoy watching. And, feel free create your own video which tells your story. When you do, let me know and I’ll share it on Caregiving.com [...]
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Jan 14 2013 in Tutorials by Denise
Would you like other family members and friends to join you at Caregiving.com? We’d love for you to invite members of your support group, colleagues and friends–anyone who you know will benefit from sharing support and solutions. When you join Caregiving.com, you can create your own group for your care team to share schedules, responsibilities [...]
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Jan 7 2013 in Denise's Blog, Life Line, Spotlight by Denise
The holidays bring presents, family visits and, often, a realization that a family member, such as a parent or grandparent, with a chronic illness needs more help. ARGH! How in the world will you able to do this? It’s intimidating to think about stepping in to help a family member with a chronic illness. You’re [...]
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Dec 19 2012 in Tutorials by Denise
In this 11-minute video, I show you how to start your own group on Caregiving.com. With your own group, you can share caregiving updates, responsibilities and schedules with those who help you, such as siblings and other family members. And, you can keep the information your share private to just members of your group. You [...]
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Jul 2 2012 in Denise's Blog, Table Talk Live by Denise
As you know, Trish scheduled me to present two caregiving seminars in Sacramento last week. Bette traveled with me and helped us organize the seminars and the trips. Last Sunday, I gave a workshop called “Your Truth and the Team”; over a period of three hours, we discussed the private truth we carry in our [...]
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May 4 2012 in Denise's Blog, Most Meaningful Experience by Denise
G-J shared a video with me the other day called “Best Job.” Created by Procter and Gamble, the commercial honors all moms by featuring the moms behind Olympic athletes. The message is simple: The hardest job in the world is truly the best job in the world. G-J sent a message to P&G and suggested [...]
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Mar 3 2012 in Denise's Blog, Table Talk Live, Videos by Denise
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