On Thursday, Becky Lowry and Nancy Hanley, My Health Care Manager, joined us on Your Caregiving Journey to share activity ideas to beat back the cabin fever. You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of this post.
Some suggestions we discussed during the show include:
1. Move–exercise can help you both feel [...]
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Today, on Your Caregiving Journey, we had our monthly book club discussion. Our January pick was “How to Communicate with Alzheimer’s: A Practical Guide & Workbook for Families” by Susan Kohler MS, CCC-SLP. Susan joined our discussion. (You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of the post.)
During out discussion, Susan [...]
Some days, it feels great to get out of the house. It’s wonderful to hop in the car, drive away, and leave it all behind. And, then there are some days when staying at home to take a break is just what the doctor ordered. You don’t have to shower, change out of pajamas, or [...]
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Hi Denise,
First, I want to thank you for offering your help and for all the help you’ve been giving. Bless You!
Here’s my situation: My mom has dementia of the frontal lobe. Her first diagnose was verbal aphasia. It’s years later, my Mom is in a care facility on the dementia floor. She hasn’t spoken in [...]
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As your care recipient’s memory moves back in time, you can join him or her in the journey. Use the Internet to research important times in your care recipient’s life; learn what was happening on a world-wide scale, on a national scale and on a local scale, in your care recipient’s home town. When your [...]
In your role, you provide care to a family member. But, you also hold a key to our nation’s history; chances are, your care recipient has participated in many amazing historical moments: economic devastation, technological revolutions and World Wars.
And, the Veterans History Project wants you to unlock the war-time experiences of your care recipient. To [...]
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It looks like a blizzard outside. Or, a flood. And, inside, well, you and your care recipient have been alternating between staring at the walls and staring at each other. Deep sighs are your only companions.
Caregiving will make your world smaller; enter bad weather into the equation and your world seems as small as your [...]
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