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  Normal Business Hours are not Traditional School Hours
  Why are normal business hours and traditional school hours so poorly aligned?
  by kirstn / on Mar 8, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “caregiving”

 

• What to Give a Working Mother for Mother’s Day

  
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  After a long week at work, and the weekend filled with two soccer games, a dance recital and a birthday party, I’ll drive 75 minutes to visit my mother this Mother’s Day. There’s no time for breakfast in bed, a manicure/pedicure with friends or dinner and a movie. That’s okay; that’s not what this working ...
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• What’s Been Your Toughest Caregiving Transition?

  
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  Yesterday, on Table Talk on Your Caregiving Journey , @trish joined me for our monthly chat. Trish caught us up on how she’s managing the transition of Robert now living with her and her husband ( @kreisler ). You can listen to our show via the player below. The challenge of the transition isn’t about whether ...
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• Small Things Important To Aging Mom

  
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  Dear Readers: Likemost of us, I grew up hearing that it’s the little things that count. I’m becomingincreasingly aware of the truth in the old adage. As I look back this Mother’sDay on my mom’s last year of life, I remember how important the smallest thingsbecame to her as time went by.   Because of ...
  6 days ago

• How To Tell Your Parent That Its Time for Hospice

  
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  Our culture has historically been devoted to cure illness at all costs, and death is often looked at as "failure," no matter the age or condition of the person being treated. Many other cultures readily accept death as part of the life cycle. I believe we, as a culture, are making progress in this direction, but death ...
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• Kindness – Every Little Bit Helps

  
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  It is sometimes difficult to believe in the goodness of the human race when there is such evil, violence and despicable acts splashed across most news sites. It can be difficult to see the goodness even for a Pollyanna like me, especially if I’m feeling under the weather – which I am due to a dental implant gone ...
  1 week ago

• What’s the Best Question You’ve Asked?

  
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  A great question can put you down the right path, open up possibilities, provide the information you need. On Wednesday night on our Hot Topics show on Your Caregiving Journal , we shared the best questions you’ve asked in your caregiving role. You can listen to our show via the player below. @ejourneys shared a ...
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• Moving On

  
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  The time has come to end our work on Inside Aging Parent Care.  Our aging parents are gone these several years.  We have continued, but our focus has shifted to other topics.  For me it has been more difficult each successive week to come up with a fresh, original topic that I want to write about.  So, we will be ...
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• More Evidence That Mediterranean Diet Could Combat Alzheimers

  
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  Scientists researching several diseases have been studyingthe effects of a Mediterranean diet on health. The most recent study resultscame from collecting the diet information from more than 17,000 men and womenwhose average age was 64. Cognitive ability, which is our interest in this article, was one of ...
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• Alzheimers Caregiving Like Emotional Super Glue

  
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  Here is an aspect of Alzheimers caregiving that is rarely considered. By  +Robert DeMarco   +Alzheimers Reading Room Regardless of circumstance, the Alzheimers caregiver becomes attached to the person living with Alzheimers. The person living with Alzheimers becomes psychologically and emotionally ...
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• Next: Sanity, Disappoint, Brush

  
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  Our next three words for our Community Caregiving Journal are: Sanity Disappoint Brush You can write about each separately in three separate posts. You can write about all three in one post. Or, if you prefer, you can share your prose by leaving a comment, below. You can write sentences using all three words. In ...
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• Caregiving 21st Century Style: eCaring CEO Robert Herzog on Boomers Rock Radio

  
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  Boomers Rock , hosted by Tom Matt, is a daily show chock full of enthusiasm, empowerment, and inspiration, all dedicated to helping boomers everywhere ignite their lives! With topics ranging from financial fitness to family, foundations, fun, and fitness, incredible national and local guest experts bring their wisdom ...
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• Choosing Senior Housing for Your Parent

  
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  Have you ever entered someones home and felt good things about it even if its cluttered or decorated in a way you find tacky? We find that a home can have an aura of happiness or lightness about it and we feel comfortable. Conversely, other homes feel as if the air is heavy and burdensome. Read about how to go ...
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• I can’t find my keys

  
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  Really, I can’t find my set of keys that hold, not only my car and house keys, but all of those little tags they give you with bar codes that give you special privileges — like discounts at the food market, drugstore, and gas station. It also had my library card on the ring. And a tag that gives my phone number ...
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• Video: Ask

  
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  In my handbook, The Caregiving Years, Six Stages to a Meaningful Journey , I include a keyword for each stage of the caregiving journey. In this quick video, I talk about the keyword for the Expectant Caregiver, the first of the six stages. You can purchase your copy of The Caregiving Years , either the eBook (a ...
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• Psychotherapy for the Elderly: How Caregivers Benefit Too

  
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  Editors’ Note: A recent New York Times article on the benefits of psychotherapy for the elderly generated a lot of discussion. It led us to wonder: What benefits might such therapy have, not only for the elderly who seek it, but also for their caregivers and families? Geriatric psychiatrist Gary Kennedy shares his ...
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• And… Our $100 Restaurant.com Gift Card Winner Is…

  
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  This afternoon, @thpurplejacket and I chatted with Jerry, our travel agent for our cruise. We picked our winner of the $100 Restaurant.com gift card and shared more details about our November cruise. Watch the video below to learn who won!! For information about how to join us on our November cruise, just go here ...
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• Torn Between Children and Eldercare

  
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  Dear Carol: My mother, who is inher early 70s, suffers from advanced multiple sclerosis. She lives with me, myhusband of three years, and my step daughter. Mom’s mentally fine, butphysically she needs a lot of care which includes lifting and continence issues.I’m 37 years old and would really like to have a ...
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• Time warp Monday with Multiple Sclerosis

  
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  Frankly I was feeling a touch guilty as I drove to pick Patti up for an outing today. Yeah I was more than a little busy last week, How do you measure a week, livingwith lung cancer? , but two outings a week just seemed too few. Trying to apologize she tells me her memory sucks and she did not notice. I can ...
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• Refreshing Sleep Erases Fibromyalgia Pain

  
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  Dr. Seth Lederman , physician, scientist and entrepeneur for specialty pharmaceuticals , is on a mission to improve the quality of life of people suffering from chronic pain and other symptoms associated with primary fibromyalgia. Lederman, co-founder and CEO of TONIX, a specialty pharmaceutical company ...
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• Guest Post: Patient Navigation: What does it mean for caregivers and patients?

  
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  If you are a caregiver to someone with chronic illness, or a patient with chronic illness yourself, you may have heard the term patient navigator.  While the title has not been used much until recent years, the patient navigator is… Read more → The post Guest Post: Patient Navigation: What does it mean for ...
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