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As you know, I’m working to get the word out on our volunteer initiative; we’re recruiting former family caregivers to volunteer to help today’s family caregivers. We’ve got a press release, here, which G-J and Bette have been helping to distribute. (Wanna help, too? Send me an email and I’ll send you the details.)
In the press release, I explain how hard it can be to find help. To...
Tammy, one of our Facebook fans, posed a question on our page:
As usual, no one will be up for Thanksgiving. Any ideas on how to make it seem like an actual holiday for my folks? It’s the same with Christmas, Easter, Fourth of July.
What do you suggest? When it’s just you and your caree, how do you celebrate a holiday so it feels like a holiday? Please share your thoughts and suggestions in our comments...
On Saturday, Jennifer, who cares for her husband, Paul, joined me for Table Talk. You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of the post.
During our conversation, Jennifer spoke about the feeling of camaraderie she feels from reading and sharing with fellow family caregivers. Her comments, as well as a recent post from Kristin, gave me a deeper insight about the power of sharing about a difficult life...
Jo shared this video with me, which won Best Short Film of the Year – 2007 YouTube Awards. What do you think about the film? And, what kinds of films you would like to see about caregiving? Please share in our comments section, below.
Carol Levine, a former family caregiver, wrote an opinion piece yesterday called “Health Care Typecasting—”Nobody Knows My Name!”. She writes:
I’ve been professionally and personally involved in caregiving for the past 20 years. In that time many family members have told me, “I’m invisible in the hospital/nursing home/rehab facility.”
“Invisible,” that is, until it’s...
Over the past two days, two visitors have asked for our help. Here’s what they said:
1. “What if your recipient does not have Alzheimers?? What if Grama is just spoiled and mean and spiteful to you and other family members. How do we handle this? She is 92. Sharp as a tack..Has all her marbles. She has been spoiled all her life. Was spoiled by our grandfather. Never worked a day in her life. Had a...
I received the following email this morning from a hospice nurse, who requested your help:
I am trying to find out if there is a product out there to help caregivers pull a patient up in the bed, or turn them from side to side, or change a Depends when the patient can’t help and there is no one else to help. I am a hospice nurse who has many patients who need to do this and don’t have anyone to help...
The New York Times New Old Blog featured an interview yesterday with Lars Tornstam, a Swedish sociologist. Dr. Tornstam provides a glimpse into life at eighty, reports Paula Span:
An increased need for solitude, and for the company of only a few intimates, is one of the traits Dr. Tornstam attributes to this continuing maturation. So that elderly mother isn’t deteriorating, necessarily — she’s...
If you could ask an Alzheimer’s researcher anything, what would you ask?
Well, now you get the chance!
We’ve been offered the opportunity to send seven questions to an Alzheimer’s researcher, who will then send back his answers for us to share on Caregiving.com. The researcher is Dr. Michael Rafii, MD, PhD, co-director of the Memory Disorders Clinic at UCSD Perlman Ambulatory Care Center in La...
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Denise on Aug 16th, 2010 in
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Evantage Consulting is conducting an independent research with family caregivers to understand how you manage your caree’s health records and to evaluate if the existing online tools meet your needs effectively.
The company has a created a 15-question survey to capture your experiences. The questionnaire asks how you organize and manage your caree’s medical appointments and health records.
In...
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Denise on May 15th, 2010 in
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Jeana Lee Tahnk wrote in her Huffington Post blog this week about Self-Sufficiency Syndrome, “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.”
It seems Self-Sufficiency Syndrome (SSS) starts off innocently enough. We do, and do it alone, because we net compliments, career advancement and others’ admiration. In other...
Every once in awhile I see a quote that is too good to not share. Here’s one I read yesterday:
“Is it a good idea to throw people into a storage container and put them in your back yard?” said Fairfax County Supervisor Jeff C. McKay (D-Lee). “This is the granny pod. What’s next? The college dropout pod?”
Mr. McKay shared his thoughts in a recent Washington Post article about a...
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Denise on Mar 22nd, 2010 in
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(Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago, we launched a new section on the site, “What Do You Think?” In the section, you can ask for suggestions and advice from other family caregivers. Today, a family caregiver to his grandmother would like your input on his situation. Would you like to post your story in order to get suggestions and advice? Simply send an email to Denise.)
I’m my grandmother’s...
(Editor’s Note: A visitor just sent us a request for your suggestions. Feel free to share your thoughts and ideas in our comments section. Her note to us follows.)
My mother-in-law has entered a stage where she won’t swallow her food. Usually she eats well in the mornings but by lunch and supper she can’t swallow no matter what food we offer.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Wondering how long...
