It’s Saturday! And, it’s the last Saturday in August. So, how will you make today special with a special moment of happiness? Please share in our comments section, below. And, you can listen to Table Talk, which aired this morning, via the player at the bottom of the post. Today, I answered three questions for [...]
Yesterday, on Your Caregiving Journey, Nancy Hanley of My Health Care Manager, took your questions. (You can listen to our show via the player below). The questions she answered included: 1. I’ve been through so many home health aides! I need to find good help for my mom so I can go to work. I’ve [...]
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 [...]
Maybe it’s something you’ve been doing for years for your caree, like transferring him or her from bed to commode or preparing a special pureed meal. But every time you face the bed or the blender, you think: I just wish this would get easier. Or, perhaps it’s a moment during the day that still [...]
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We often talk about a shortcoming that we want to improve or change. We may feel impatient, so work to gain more patience. We may feel we rush too much through our day, so want to slow down. We may feel we are quick to criticize, so commit to focusing on holding our tongue. Certainly, [...]
This afternoon, on Your Caregiving Journey, we spoke with Linda Rosen, a long-distance family caregiver for her mom. You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of the post. Our discussion focused on Linda’s decision to find an assisted living facility for her mom. You’ll hear in her voice how tough [...]
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Yesterday’s USA Today featured a Q&A interview with Gail Sheehy about her new book, “Passages in Caregiving,” and her experience caring for her husband. The interviewer asked Sheehy: “You write about caregivers who go solo and try to play God. Why does that backfire?” Sheehy answered, “As long as you are catching mistakes and bird-dogging [...]
This week, we break for spring. Let’s also take a break from guilt! Let’s commit to making decisions that honor us and our priorities without guilt. Let’s take a break from believing others judge our decisions and actions, which can lead us to question what we’re doing and how we’re doing it. And, that, of [...]
In caregiving, the world can seem to consist of “either…or.” The world, then, might become these thoughts: Either I put my needs second or my caree doesn’t have his needs met. Either I stay with my caree constantly or bad things will happen. Either I put my life on hold or my caree will not [...]
Dear Denise, I’m not really sure how to work myself around the site yet. However, I wanted to tell you my story and ask for some advice. My mother that had a massive stroke last year. It left her paralyzed on her dominant side and considerable amount of brain damage. She also shows signs of [...]
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