Yesterday, during our free webinar, Lasting Caregiving: Embrace Your Limits, we changed how we look at limits. Limits don’t take away. They make the way. (Did you miss yesterday’s webinar? No worries; you can view and listen to the recording here.) So, if you attended yesterday’s webinar, I would love to know: What’s different for [...]
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 [...]
This morning, Donna Ryan joined us for a summer break discussion on Your Caregiving Journey. You can listen to our discussion via the player at the bottom of the post. Donna talked about the thoughts behind a recent decision to get more help in caring for her mom. She spoke honestly about the difficulty in [...]
Representatives from leading aging organizations and agencies from around the nation convened in St. Louis today to honor the 2010 winners of the National Family Caregiving Awards, sponsored by the National Alliance for Caregiving with support from MetLife Foundation. The programs were recognized for their innovation, effectiveness, and response to caregiver needs in their communities. [...]
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Dear Denise, How do I find a support group? I am also in need of a good caregiver for my mom who lives with me. Any direction you can provide would be appreciated. Hello, This article has suggestions and links to resources on finding a caregiver. And, these sites include directories of caregivers for hire: [...]
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Today on Your Caregiving Journey, Anna Stookey joined us to continue our conversation about getting more help. You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of the post. Last month, we spoke about Self-Sufficiency Syndrome. Today, we took a closer look at those in the family who don’t help. And, as [...]
This morning on Your Caregiving Journey, Anna Stookey joined us to talk about Self-Sufficiency Syndrome (SSS), “an inability and unwillingness to ask for help or delegate because of the belief that no one can do it as well as you can.” You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of the [...]
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Spending so much time with your care recipient may unearth behaviors or situations or habits that are, well, just bizarre. The behaviors may be related to a disease process; the habits, to a way of life. Either way, you keep these to yourself because, well, who you would believe you? But, the keeping in can [...]
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Dear Denise, My mother and dad have been taking care of my disabled brother for almost 9 years. She is 76, he is 81. My mother has several serious health issues, heart, high B.P., and diabetes. She had a T.I.A. two years ago and is on blood thinners. Mom (who was an RN) refuses to [...]
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You want help. You’ve been waiting for your siblings, your kids, your in-laws, your friends, anyone! to offer their help. Unfortunately, you’ll wait forever if you’re waiting for others to offer help. So, how do you ask? Tell family and friends specifically how they can help. Often, other family members want to help, but just [...]
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