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How to Live with Family Members Without Hating Each Other

Posted in Alzheimer's, adult day cares, aging, amazon, authors, book reviews, books, boomer, boomer women, brain games, care partner, care receiver, caregiver, caregiver stress, caregiving, church, community care, dementia, depression, elder care, eldercare, elderly, emotional, end of life, family, family caregiving, geriatrics, global healthcare, guilt, healthcare, heart disease, home passing, hospice, hospital, humor, inspirational, intimacy, kunati, law of attraction, memoir, mothering, neurological disorders, parenting, parents, parkinson's, relationships, sandwich generation, senior care, seniors, spiritual, women, women's health, tagged , , , on June 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Face it, times are tough.
Can you afford to stay in your own home? Are you well enough to manage everything on your own?
Are you recently widowed and wonder if living by yourself is such a good idea?
Are you a boomer or sandwich generationer wondering how to care for/pay for your kids, your parents and save [...]

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Are You Living With–or Dying From a Disease? Something for Caregivers and Their Loved Ones to Consider

Posted in ALS, Alzheimer's, Barnes & Noble Bookstores, USA Today, abc.com, adult day cares, affection, aging, amazon, authors, book club, book reviews, books, boomer women, boomers, boston, brain, breaking point, cancer, care partner, care receiver, caregiver, caregiver stress, caregiving, community care, death, dementia, depression, doctors, dying, elder care, elder rage, eldercare, elderly, emotional, end of life, faith, family, family caregiving, geriatrics, golden years, grieving, healthcare, home passing, hospice, hospital, inspirational, intimacy, joy and purpose, kunati, memoir, mothering, mothers, neurological disorders, neurology, pallative care, parkinson's, relationships, sandwich generation, senior care, spiritual, transformation, trauma, will to live, women's health, writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Last night, the television show Boston Legal had one profound moment relating to Alzheimer’s.  
The premise is that one of their leading characters, Denny Crane (played by William Shatner) has early Alzheimer’s. He’s a brilliant attorney who has never lost a case–and he’s part owner in firm. The other law partners are hesitant for Denny [...]

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How to Care-give and Not Kill Yourself in the Process

Posted in Alzheimer's, adult day cares, affection, aging, amazon, book club, book reviews, books, boomer, boomer women, breaking point, care partner, care receiver, caregiver, caregiver stress, caregiving, church, community care, daughters, dementia, depression, doctors, elder care, eldercare, emotional, end of life, family, family caregiving, geriatrics, grieving, guilt, healthcare, home passing, hospice, hospital, humor, inspirational, intimacy, joy and purpose, law of attraction, marketing, marriage, memoir, menopause, mid-life crisis, mother-in-laws, mothering, mothers, nerves, neurological disorders, neurology, pallative care, parents, passion, perfectionist, prayer, relationships, sandwich generation, senior care, seniors, sex, spiritual, spiritual teachers, walking, will to live, wisdom, women, women's health, writing on May 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

There’s a new kind of caregiver out there.
She (or he) is a savvy caregiver, isn’t a martyr, and doesn’t look defeated (all the time).
She (I use the feminine pronoun to apply to everyone) has her act together (in some respects) and isn’t going to let her life and her plans be completely derailed–and yet she loves [...]

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UTIs (Urinary Tract Infections) Don’t Let Your Elder Suffer in Silence

Posted in ALS, Alzheimer's, adult day cares, aging, amelia island, authors, book reviews, bookstores, boomer, boomer women, brain, breaking point, care partner, care receiver, caregiver, caregiver stress, caregiving, community care, daughters, death, dementia, depression, elder care, elder driving, eldercare, elderly, emotional, end of life, family, family caregiving, geriatrics, grieving, health, healthcare, home passing, hospice, hospital, mothering, nerves, neurological disorders, neurology, pallative care, parenting, parkinson's, relationships, sandwich generation, senior care, seniors, sex, women, women's health, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 13, 2008 | 6 Comments »

If you’ve ever had a bladder infection (the common name for UTIs), then you know how very painful they can be.
If you haven’t, let me describe one for you:
Many times, you don’t realize right off what’s wrong.
You’re edgier than normal. You feel “different down there,” but you’re not sure. Then, you get [...]

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Do You Resent Your Sibling For Not Helping You Care Give?

Posted in Alzheimer's, adult day cares, affection, aging, amazon, book club, book reviews, boomer, boomer women, breaking point, care partner, care receiver, caregiver, caregiving, daughters, dementia, depression, dying, elder care, elderly, emotional, end of life, family, family caregiving, geriatrics, grieving, guilt, healthcare, home passing, hospice, inspirational, kunati, law of attraction, marriage, media, memoir, mothering, mothers, nerves, neurological disorders, pallative care, parenting, parkinson's, psychologists, relationships, sandwich generation, senior care, seniors, sibling rivalry, spiritual, spiritual teachers, wisdom, women's health, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »

In most families, there is a primary caregiver no matter how many siblings there are. Some try to divvy up the responsibilities, but it’s rarely equal distribution because of differing people’s lives—jobs, distance, abilities, etc. In many families, one sibling gets the brunt of the responsibility.
 
And even if you agreed to it, over time, [...]

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Do You Have Restless Caregiver Syndrome?

Posted in Alzheimer's, PMS, adult day cares, aging, amazon, authors, book club, books, bookstores, boomer, breaking point, care partner, care receiver, career, caregiver, caregiver stress, caregiving, community care, daughters, death, dementia, depression, elder care, elder driving, elder rage, eldercare, elderly, emotional, end of life, events, faith, family, finances, financial, geriatrics, grieving, guilt, healthcare, hospice, inspirational, joy and purpose, kunati, law of attraction, marriage, passions, perfection, perfectionist, prayer, publishers, publishing, relationships, sandwich generation, senior care, speaking, spiritual, spiritual teachers, will to live, women, women's health, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Do you feel like running away?
You may have restless caregiver syndrome.
What’s that, you ask?
I may have made up the term, but I certainly experienced it firsthand.
Have you seen the commercials for restless leg syndrome?
They’re kind of quirky, and I’m not saying that it’s not a serious disorder, but it’s presented [...]

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Would You Microchip Your Mom? (or Dad?)

Posted in Alzheimer's, CNN, USA Today, abc.com, adult day cares, authors, books, boomer, boomer women, brain, cancer, care partner, caregiver, caregiver stress, caregiving, community care, daughters, dementia, elder care, eldercare, family caregiving, geriatrics, global healthcare, kunati, mothers, nbc nightly news, neurological disorders, neurology, parents, parkinson's, preaching, publishing, rehab, relationships, sandwich generation, senior care, seniors, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »

If someone microchips their dog we think of them as acting loving and responsible.
Is that a good enough reason to put a microchip in a human? Isn’t that too “big brother-ish?”
We also put dogs to sleep, right? So maybe that’s not the best analogy.
As you can see, microchipping a human is controversial.
Why?
Some would argue it’s an [...]

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No Get Up and Go? 5 Caregiving Energy Zappers

Posted in ALS, Alzheimer's, adult day cares, aging, amazon, authors, books, boomer women, boomers, brain, care partner, care receiver, caregiver stress, caregiving, death, dementia, depression, dying, eldercare, emotional, end of life, family, family caregiving, geriatrics, grieving, healthcare, hospice, hospital, inspirational, joy and purpose, kunati, marriage, memoir, mothers, neurological disorders, oprah, passion, relationships, sandwich generation, senior care, spiritual, transformation, weight gain, will to live, women's health, tagged , , , , , on April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »

One of the biggest issues I had as a caregiver was no energy!
I knew I was doing a lot, caring for my mom (She had Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s and lived with us)  and raising three daughters, but I still felt like most of my work was at home, not terribly hard or fast-paced, so why did [...]

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Caregiving: Old Kids, Old Parents? How Do We Do It?

Posted in Alzheimer's, Daddy, adult day cares, aging, amazon, authors, book club, book reviews, books, boomer women, boomers, cancer, care partner, care receiver, caregiver, caregiver stress, caregiving, children, community care, daughters, death, dementia, eldercare, elderly, emotional, end of life, family, family caregiving, geriatrics, global healthcare, grieving, health, healthcare, home passing, hospice, hospital, law of attraction, memoir, mothering, mothers, neurological disorders, pallative care, parenting, psychologists, relationships, sandwich generation, senior care, teenagers, women's health, writing on April 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Are you in your 60s or 70s and caring for your parents?
Are you in your 20s or 30s and caring for your parents of grandparents?
Either situation is not that unusual today in the realm of caregiving.
I had the dilemma of being relatively young and having older parents to take care of–I was adopted and [...]

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Are You Worried About Getting Alzheimer’s?

Posted in Alzheimer's, Barnes & Noble Bookstores, USA Today, adult day cares, aging, amazon, authors, book reviews, books, boomer women, boomers, care partner, care receiver, caregiver, caregiver stress, caregiving, community care, dark humor, daughters, death, dementia, depression, eldercare, elderly, emotional, end of life, family caregiving, geriatrics, global healthcare, golden years, grieving, guilt, health, healthcare, heart disease, hospital, humor, inspirational, kunati, law of attraction, marketing, marriage, medicine, memoir, mid-life crisis, mothering, mothers, nerves, neurological disorders, pallative care, parenting, psychologists, relationships, sandwich generation, spiritual, teenagers, the secret, usatoday, van gogh, violence, will to live, women, women's health, writing on March 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The latest stats released by the Alzheimer’s Association paint a grim picture.
USA Today reported that ten million are expected to get Alzheimer’s over the next 2 decades.
Most boomers I know are a bit stunned. 1 in 8 will get Alzheimer’s.
I started bunching people I know in eights. Terrible, I know.
My husband has 8 siblings. Which [...]

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