Today, on Your Caregiving Journey, we held our monthly book club discussion. In July, we read “Voices of Caregiving, the Healing Companion: Stories for Courage, Comfort and Strength.” Today, contributors Nancy Hoke, M.C. Winters and Marc Silver talked about their caregiving experiences. You can listen to our hour-long show via the player at the bottom [...]
Life has its ups and downs. Caregiving, though, can seem like an one-way elevator—it just goes down. Caregiving can be a downer. You see so much suffering. And, so much seems to suffer because of caregiving: Friendships, relationships, career goals, your health, your independence, your confidence. Is it possible to go up? You push the [...]
It’s full of surprises, this caregiving ride. We’ve created a list of six biggest drops (myths) on the caregiving roller coaster. 1. The government has programs, like Medicare, that will off-set the costs of care. Sure, Medicare exists but its benefits for long-term care pay only in the short-term. And, Medicaid helps those whose low-income [...]
It’s becoming one of my favorite words: Forgiveness. On today’s Your Caregiving Journey, Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo, author of “A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness,” shared the hows and whys of forgivness, all the time reinforcing the truth of forgiveness: It’s the best gift we give ourselves. (You can listen to our show via [...]
Today on Your Caregiving Journey, Anna Stookey joined us for the second part of our discussion on healing family rifts. Our discussion focused on spending time during the holidays with those who just seem to push our buttons. (You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of this post.) Some suggestions [...]
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Dear Denise, First of all, thank you for your blog. I have found it very enlightening and uplifting during this hard time. My father was recently placed in the local VA Home – without my knowledge. I live in the same town as my parents, who have been married for 50 years. My mother came to [...]
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Do you live in the mistakes of yesterday? It’s okay that something went wrong yesterday or last week or last year or last decade. We are imperfect beings, meant to live imperfect lives. Mistakes of yesterday only become problems when they cloud our opportunities of today. Don’t let yesterday’s mistakes rob you of today’s blessings. [...]
A friend last week told me about a book–The Seven Desires of Every Heart by Mark Laaser and Debra Laaser. The authors tell us what every heart wants: to be heard, affirmed, blessed, safe, touched, chosen. (We’ve selected this book to be our Caregiving Book Club read in June; I’m looking forward to hearing what [...]
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When spring arrives, we open our windows to enjoy the fresh air and… clean. This spring-cleaning season, what needs your attention? Do you need to clean out the closet that stashes your guilt? The attic that holds your resentments? The containers that store your anger? Air out your closets, attic and containers. Let go of [...]
I took a trip this weekend to Dublin with two friends. It was my first trip across the Big Pond and I was feeling a bit nervous. We arrived at our hotel on Friday morning about 10 a.m. I stepped out the cab, looked down and, there it was, a nice shiny one cent Euro. Pennies from heaven. [...]
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