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Denise asked us recently to share our most bizarre care giving experiences. I don’t know if it is bizarre or just heartbreaking, but I helped my husband for the first time today with his bath. We were running late for an appointment, and he asked me to help him. He has a shower bench, and he u...
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I recently heard someone say: We (human beings) like structure and order. When something does not make sense, we look for and, sometimes create, explanations.So, during times of stress and uncertainty, when nothing makes sense, I wonder: What is life really about?Yesterday, I asked a friend: “...
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Dear Denise,I’ve been searching all day for answers and did not find any but I did find your web site. I wish I had found it sooner and had the time to go through it now.I have so many questions it may take a month of Sundays to ask them. Of course that always leads to more. What I am tryin...
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Dear Denise, I hope I’m entering this correctly — I went here to “Comments” and then could only see “New Post” to enter my idea. If not, can you please move it to where it belongs? Anyway, I would lke to suggest “Care Experiencers.” This because ...
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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...
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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 keep...
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Hello guyz, I hope your New Year has started out as relaxing and healthy as possible. Me, it was cool but I’m writing to need to vent. As you might’ve heard, here around Boston we’ve had 2-3 days of on and off snowstorms, totaling where I live to about 10″. Through a lo...
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We’ve got special activities in January:On Twitter:Gratitude Thursday: Share a gratitude each Thursday in January; use this hashtag: #carethanks. We’ll give away an autographed copy of Take Comfort, written by Denise, to one tweeter each Thursday.What’s bugging you? At 3 p.m. CT on Fr...
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To beat back the cabin fever, we’ve scheduled a Solitaire Showdown competition for Friday, January 29.To enter, just start playing between Noon and 8 p.m. on January 29. The winner with the high score during that time will win a t-shirt and bragging rights. Lillie won Solitaire Showdown II ...
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Caregiving How do you battle the winter blues? Share your blues busters in our Discussions area for a chance to win a $25 Visa gift card.
Dear Denise,My husband is caring for his parents who have 24-hour care in a nursing home. My problem is that my husband does not feel comfortable traveling to get away and limit his stress. His communicates that he must be available to his folks “if anything happens.” He also feels that when one...
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The holidays have come and gone, the Christmas decorations are down, except for the lights on the outside of the house, the bag of trashed wrapping paper went out with recycle this morning, there are just no physical signs left that Christmas was here.The memories of Christmas are great. The fu...
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On Table Talk today, I offered ideas for your New Year’s Resolutions. Why not, I suggested, base your resolutions on “allowing”? (You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of this post.)So, in 2010, resolve to allow:1. Vulnerability. You are incredibly strong. Be s...
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As we enter into 2010, I’d like to take a moment to thank you all for making Caregiving.com a regular destination. I love meeting you and hearing your story. I hope you find something in our articles and blogs that speaks to you, that lessens your worries, that shows you that you have compa...
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It seems hard to believe that it is January first of another year! Another decade is upon us. One wonders what this next year and new decade will bring. I am glad that I can trust that I am safely in my God’s hands. That does not mean, however, that my life as a caregiver is not without stre...
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Oh, you want your care recipient to take the initiative, to be more proactive in treatments and therapies. But, oh, it can seem like pulling teeth. And, then, it just feels like nagging. Becky Lowry, RN, My Health Care Manager, joined us yesterday on Your Caregiving Journey to answer the question...
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How do you treat yourself? As well as you do others?Treat yourself with kindness, respect and love. Treat yourself to:–Annual visits to your doctor and semi-annual ones to your dentist;–Quiet moments every day so you can hear who you are;–Terrific relationships that honor you;&#...
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Happy Holidays to everybody, I hope everyone is perhaps having the gift of having a little time for themselves, amidst all the caregiving that we are being responsible for. The community college at which I work, is closed this week between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. And I am m...
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Yesterday, Donna Ryan, one of our bloggers, told us how she packed pain from her past and didn’t look back. Interestingly enough, she shared her story the same day New Yorker’s gathered in Times Square for Good Riddance Day. Participants received markers and a white sheet of paper, answered...
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This morning, I heard on the news that people lined up on a street in Manhattan and they brought their negative “baggage” with them. They wrote down their story or their paid bill, etc and shredded it and said good riddance. I said what a great feeling that is!I don’t like dwell...
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This post was originally about something else. But it quickly morphed into several different topics; a stream of consciousness I guess.And I’m just going to go with it.Apparently, I have a lot on my mind…The end of this year has been very hard for me.I’m not sure exactly what it...
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Hello everyone. I hope you have been able to enjoy your holiday season this year. I am convinced that all of these moments are precious. Mine has been challenging, to say the least, but I think the duration has been appropriate and memories have been made; something that is very important to m...
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Image by Hamed Saber via FlickrWhen you hit the pillow at 10 p.m. last night, you thought: I hope tomorrow will be better.But, tonight, at 12:30 a.m., you think: This starting over every day is just killing me.We often talk about the constant of caregiving—change. With change, comes its sister: S...
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Our son, Brian, and his wife and 17 month little girl flew out from London on December 14. Although Brian has been home in between he has not been home for Christmas for about 7 years. That was and is a wonderful blessing. Our middle son, Troy, and his family live near by. We had hoped ...
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We had a quick chat on Table Talk today. I wanted to check in during our holiday season and offer resources for you during what can be a difficult time. You can listen to today’s show via the player at the end of this post.I also wanted to take the chance to address a concern raised by Donn...
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Image via WikipediaDuring the holiday, we are told to Make Merry or Be Merry. We are wished a Merry Christmas.Can we really have Merry in our life?Yes. You actually already do. You have Merry when you hold your care recipient’s hand, when you share a smile with a loved one, when you let pea...
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With increasing interest in reverse mortgages as a potential source for retirement income, the MetLife Mature Market Institute (MMI) has released a free guide, The Essentials: Reverse Mortgages, to help consumers make informed decisions regarding the use of home equity to help fund one’s re...
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Periscope – a tube containing mirrors through which a person can look in order to see things which cannot be seen from the position the person is in…Every morning I awake to read quietly before my day starts and this is the thought I awoke to today. This word was ver comforting to me...
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It’s becoming one of my 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 ourselve...
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Change is the constant in caregiving. And, it’s not just changes from day to day; often, changes occur one minute to the next.When you’re close to these changes, you may adjust to them without much thought. Until a milestone, like the holiday season, happens. And, then you think: Wow!...
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