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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “caregiving”

 

• Adult Day Services 101: A Closer Look at an Emerging Caregiving Resource

  
  Seniors For Living — Authority: 414
  Get educated about this emerging senior care option (worlds apart from the childrens counterpart) in our exclusive interview with an ADS director.
  4 days ago

• Are Men’s Contributions to Childcare Equal to Women’s?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 147
  Men are four times more likely than women to say they provide equal amounts of care for their children. They may not be entirely wrong if we redefine what caregiving means and acknowledge what men provide. But is it enough? read more
  1 week ago

• When’s Your Next Break?

  
  Caregiving.com — Authority: 119
  This morning, on Table Talk on Your Caregiving Journey , Kristin joined me to give us an update. As you remember, Kristin talked two weeks ago on Table Talk about being a burnt-out caregiver. You can listen to today’s show via the player, below. Between our two conversations, Kristin took a five-day break, ...
  1 week ago

• WINDOW TO HIS SOUL

  
  Alzheimer's Reading Room — Authority: 514
  ... I get so excited when I find out it is my turn to help him out for the day because I have noticed a regular window to his soul. By Mary Gazetas Alzheimers Reading Room Who is this man? Who was this man? It’s so important to create an identity for your loved one for the staff who ...
  1 week ago

• Eldercare Before Social Security

  
  ChangingAging.org — Authority: 125
  The Diane Rehm Show on NPR has an interesting program scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 19, on what it was like for older adults before Social Security and Medicare. Historian Hendrik Hartog from Princeton joins Diane to discuss the family dynamics of old-age caregiving: We all hope that we will get the care we need ...
  1 week ago

• How to prepare when a parent or grandparent comes to live with you

  
  Minding Our Elders® — Authority: 110
  These days, having grandma move in with the family is still an option for some families, but it has become more complicated. First of all, there are fewer families with a stay-at-home adult in the home. This is where a great deal depends on Grandmas health. I know of one family where the dad is single. He has ...
  1 week ago

• An Epidural For the Lady?

  
  Healthy & Green Living — Authority: 589
  “Give me the f*@k!n epidural!” The above quote, to the best of my recollection, comes from the film The 40-Year Old Virgin, but it just as well could originate from any number of films involving birth and labor and the immediate need for some relief from the discomfort that so often accompanies this painful miracle. ...
  1 week ago

• Home Care Balancing Act: When Your Spouse Needs Support

  
  Seniors For Living — Authority: 414
  Couples anticipating the arrival of a home care professional should prepare accordingly, talking about how he/she can be most helpful.
  1 week ago

• How Doctors Die

  
  ChangingAging.org — Authority: 125
  Doctors see much more death than most lay people. I remember the first few times that I stood at the bed side and watched another human being take… the last breath. It was simultaneously awe inspiring and terrifying. Something deep inside of me kept insisting that I “DO SOMETHING!” Instead, I stood quietly and ...
  1 week ago

• Behind the Old Face

  
  Who Moved My Dentures? Essential Information for Boomers on Healthcare, Aging and Caregiving — Authority: 105
  Behind the Old Face is a vision to change the perception of seniors, particularly in the medical community. Angil Tarach-Ritchey RN, GCN, Author, Speaker, Consultant and Senior Advocate hopes to change the thoughts, hearts, and minds of those working in healthcare, which will improve the dignity, respect and care of ...
  1 week ago

• Handling the pain when your loved one no longer recognizes you

  
  Minding Our Elders® — Authority: 110
  I recall asking one of the nurses at the nursing home if my mother-in-law knew who I was. I was aware she couldnt have told anyone my name or my exact purpose in her life. That much was evident. However, I wondered if she knew that I was there to see her. The nurse assured me that my mother-in-laws seeing me step off ...
  1 week ago

• Chocolate Shake or Bowl of Rocky Road Ice Cream? Choices in Caregiving

  
  Caregiving.com — Authority: 119
  Last night, we treated Robert to a cheeseburger and fries. I figured since I had already slipped him vegetarian sausages and a fake burger over the weekend, I’d get him the real deal before he realized what I’d been feeding him. Or passed out from meat withdrawal. On my way out the door to the local fast food ...
  1 week ago

• Excellent tips on handling end-of-life situations

  
  The Empowered Caregiver Network — Authority: 97
  See http://bit.ly/yzG5Ex from Caregiver.com
  1 week ago

• Can it Still Be Snowing . . .

  
  Health — Authority: 132
  Can it really keep snowing .   .   . Here it is another day of ice and snow.  I feel like I am beginning to whine. Yes, I would love some good French cheeses with my wine .  .  .  I’ve always wanted a justification for using that phrase. I haven’t been able to get to the market since Thursday due to ...
  1 week ago

• Words of Comfort: What to Say When Someone is Dying

  
  Healthy & Green Living — Authority: 589
  By Candace Rotolo, AgingCare.comBeing diagnosed with a terminal illness is traumatic. But sometimes, what people say in an effort to offer comfort is equally distressing.The truth is, many of us just dont know what to say to a loved one who is facing their mortality."Most of the time I really liked when people said ...
  1 week ago

• Caregiving 101: What to Say (or Not Say) to Someone with Cancer

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 484
  When a loved one is newly diagnosed with cancer it not only affects the patient, but those around them. Caregivers are often also faced with learning to “live with cancer” while managing a stressful situation. While no one’s future is ever guaranteed, numerous studies do show people in a crisis do better ...
  1 week ago

• Time management for caregivers

  
  Minding Our Elders® — Authority: 110
  For me, the need to be prepared for anything is mandatory. During my heaviest caregiving years, I cared for two children, one with multiple health problems, plus multiple elders. During their last years, several of my elders lived in a nearby nursing home, while I worked full time, so that care was a blessing. I ...
  1 week ago

• Imagine . . .

  
  Health — Authority: 132
  Imagine .   .   .     2012.  This is the year I am dedicating to Becoming Mari.  I do not want to simply move through the notion of rediscovering myself, I truly want to experience the act of living.  Living life, MY life and loving it.  Loving what I do and respecting that it may not all be good all ...
  1 week ago

• When You Become Them

  
  Caregiving.com — Authority: 119
  “Caregiving is not easy. I can’t imagine care-receiving is either.” Dana , a new blogger on Caregiving.com, (Welcome Dana!) made the above comment and it reminded me of one of the “joys” of sandwich caregiving especially when your kids are teenagers.  My kids see my parents and have heard our family ...
  1 week ago

• How Do YOU Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich?

  
  Alzheimer's Reading Room — Authority: 514
  “I want to know where my things are.” By Tom & Karen Brenner Alzheimers Reading Room Think about how difficult life becomes when you can’t remember how to begin the first step of so many activities. What if you couldn’t remember how to button your shirt? When you stop and ...
  1 week ago

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