by Denise
Apr 8 2013 in Tell Us by Denise
Yesterday, @carlaschuchman posed this question: How do you continue to watch the one you love so very much struggle so? How does one person deal with the pain? The declines and losses during caregiving can seem relentless. You adjust to one and then another arrives. You witness your caree suffer, which means you suffer, too. [...]
by Jo
Oct 29 2012 in Blogs, Caring for Parents and Kids, Jo's Blog by Jo
Since my Dad’s death I’ve taken a deliberately lower profile across all social and electronic media. A combination of grief, depression and simple emotional exhaustion made it prudent to do so. I’ve pulled up and scanned Caregiving.com from time to time, been deeply touched by so many of your posts, but simply didn’t have the [...]
by Trish
Oct 9 2012 in Trish's Blog by Trish
I debated about posting this here but then realized, we all deal with grief eventually (sometimes unexpectedly) and thought it might be helpful. Even though I’m not a member of AfterGiving, it may even be an appropriate post for that section. I’ll let Denise be the judge of that. This past week was rough. When [...]
by Denise
Sep 25 2012 in Denise's Blog, Weekly Comforts by Denise
At the end of your caregiving experience, you’ll find yourself wishing for a rally, hoping your caree can turn another corner, regain that lost strength, recover to where she was. You’ve had so many rallies in the past, it can be hard to believe one more rally just won’t come. And, when that rally doesn’t [...]
by Jo
Aug 3 2012 in Blogs, Caring for Parents and Kids, Jo's Blog by Jo
This Sunday would be my wife’s birthday if she were still alive. This has been a difficult year for my kids. Crying, grave site visits, depression. It hasn’t been this bad since the year she died. Decided this would be a great weekend to see my Mother-in-law. She had a heart attack last month and [...]
by carlaschuchman
Jun 4 2012 in Caring for Two, Carla's Blog by carlaschuchman
by Jo
Jun 1 2012 in Blogs, Caring for Parents and Kids, Jo's Blog by Jo
Fair warning, I’m about to ramble. Due to recent events it is a little hard to write coherently…. Memorial Day evening, my daughter asks to go to her Mom’s grave. I take her. Tuesday morning the nursing home called about a “walk-in” appointment for Dad with a Podiatrist. I was already on the highway with [...]
by Denise
May 23 2012 in Denise's Blog, Your Caregiving Journey by Denise
by Jo
Apr 27 2012 in Blogs, Caring for Parents and Kids, Jo's Blog by Jo
A couple of pics for you: “Tags” are the key words in a blog. Many blogs create a visual representation of those key words, a “tag cloud” showing not only what tags were used but using different word size, showing what tags were used the most; an indicator of relative importance. Above is the Tag [...]
by Denise
Apr 22 2012 in Denise's Blog, Your Caregiving Journey by Denise
by Denise
Mar 13 2012 in Denise's Blog, Your Caregiving Journey by Denise
This morning, on Your Caregiving Journey, Anna Stookey joined me for a discussion about grieving and depression. We discussed this question currently being debated by health care professionals: Should the definition of depression including grieving? You can listen to our show via the player below. (And, the inspiration for our show was this New York [...]
by Jo
Dec 23 2011 in Blogs, Caring for Parents and Kids, Jo's Blog by Jo
by Jo
Dec 4 2011 in Blog Party, Blogs, Caring for Parents and Kids, Events, Jo's Blog by Jo
I’m looking forward to the Progressive Blog Party this year, especially after days like today. Mom and Dad seemed to push all of my emotional buttons today during my visit with them. Dad is increasingly tired and now having trouble just sitting up. He speaks when spoken to but when he opens his eyes there is [...]
by Jo
Nov 18 2011 in Blogs, Caring for Parents and Kids, Jo's Blog by Jo
by Denise
Oct 25 2011 in Denise's Blog, Your Caregiving Journey by Denise
This morning, Claire Day, Vice President of Constituent Services for the Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter, joined me on Your Caregiving Journey to talk about Alzheimer’s disease and Hospice. You can listen to our show via the player below. We talked about the importance of including Hospice in your caree’s care plan as well as [...]
by Jo
Oct 22 2011 in Blogs, Caring for Parents and Kids, Jo's Blog by Jo
Home safe and sound and I can happily report that my garmet bag was right where I left it, in my bedroom, fully packed. I may have left my luggage at home but I have now have a nice new suit, dress shirt, dress shoes, socks, tie, tie clip and several casual articles of clothing. An important lesson learned, [...]
by Jo
Oct 11 2011 in Blogs, Caring for Parents and Kids, Jo's Blog by Jo
by Jo
Oct 9 2011 in Blogs, Caring for Parents and Kids, Jo's Blog by Jo
My brother died this morning. I informed my sister. I told my son and daughter. I let friends who had been praying and supporting us know. I didn’t have the heart to tell Mom and Dad. Interestingly Dad, without prompting, asked me about his oldest son. I stammered an indirect answer. I’ve been down that [...]
by Denise
Sep 13 2011 in Denise's Blog, Tell Us by Denise
by Jo
Sep 12 2011 in Blogs, Caring for Parents and Kids, Jo's Blog by Jo
by Denise
Sep 3 2011 in Denise's Blog, Your Caregiving Journey by Denise
by Jo
Aug 29 2011 in Blogs, Caring for Parents and Kids, Jo's Blog by Jo
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