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    Tell Us: What Words Describe Your Caregiving Role?

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    July 28, 2009
    Caregiving is hard. How hard is it to describe your caregiving role in just three words? We asked our followers on Twitter this question: Which three words describe your caregiving role? Their answers include: Hard. Rewarding. Frustrating. –from @TheGrandChick Poignant, heartbreaking, rewarding –from @ElderCareRN Exhausting, frustrating, trying! –from @MentalMakeover Beautiful,...
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    Tell Us: What’s Your Caregiving Secret Sauce?

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    July 7, 2009
    Image via Wikipedia I have a friend who regularly talks about Google’s “secret sauce,” i.e., the secret to the company’s initial success (the company used people, rather than technology, to populate its search directory). I think we all have a secret sauce. I think, in particular, family caregivers have a...
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    Create Your Caregiving Art

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    June 3, 2009
    Image via Wikipedia What does Caregiving look like to you? Caregiving has its own energy and seems, at times, to take shape as the Elephant in the Room. It certainly seems to have its own personality; at times, crabby, other times, strong and sincere. So, draw, or paint, or sketch your portrait...
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    Tell Us: What Stresses You?

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    May 5, 2009
    Image by Tidewater Muse via Flickr When you’re in the throes of it, you may not realize its impact. Only when it’s in the rear-view mirror, rather than coming head-on, do you think: Wow, that really stressed me out. Maybe it’s when you worry about juggling a doctor’s appointment for...
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    The Caregiver Compassion Quotient–What’s Your CQ?

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    April 21, 2009
    By Patty Kearns (Editor’s Note: On a regular basis, we invite healthcare professionals and family caregivers to write a guest blog. We asked Patty Kearns, who cared for her mom until her mom’s death last year, to share her thoughts about a concept to share her thoughts about a concept...
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    Advocating So You Can Avoid Regrets

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    April 16, 2009
    Image via Wikipedia By Lori Palermo (Editor’s Note: On a regular basis, we invite healthcare professionals and family caregivers to write a guest blog. We asked Lori to share how her dad’s death led her to a life of advocacy. Lori’s website is www.loveyourlungsbreatheforlife.com. You also can listen to Lori...
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    What Do You Dread?

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    February 23, 2009
    Today we launch a new feature on Caregiving.com: Tell. In Tell, you tell us what you think and feel. Sometimes, you’ll tell us what you wouldn’t tell someone else–and that’s our purpose. Let it out–tell us. So… Tell us: What part of your day do you dread? A family caregiver...
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