Posted in ALS, Alzheimer's, Daddy, Father's Day, aging, amelia island, atlanta georgia, books, boomer women, cancer, care partner, care receiver, caregiver, caregiving, children, church, daughters, death, dementia, diabetes, dying, elder care, eldercare, elderly, family, family caregiving, florida, grieving, guilt, healthcare, heart disease, home passing, inspirational, law of attraction, memoir, mothering, mothers, neurological disorders, parents, relationships, sandwich generation, senior care, seniors, trauma, wisdom, women's health, writing, tagged childhood drownings, death of a child on June 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We avoid thinking about or dealing with death at every turn.
Even caregivers who are caring for their aging parents try not to think about the inevitable end.
Cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, combined with age will eventually claim the lives of those we love. And sadly, by not fully anticipating and participating in [...]
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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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You can’t watch someone you love struggle with a disease and not be affected.
But what can you do?
As a caregiver, family member or friend, you can’t make it go away.
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are two debilitating diseases that are slow and grueling and take a toll on people’s spirits, and affects everyone around them. For some, they [...]
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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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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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I remember that day well. The day I knew I couldn’t keep on caregiving like I was–not full-time, 24/7, in our home.
It wasn’t about being exhausted to the bone, frustrated to the point I had gritted my teeth down to the nubs, or numb due to months of interrupted and little sleep.
It wasn’t about me. [...]
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Most people would tell you they’d much rather be a caregiver than a care receiver.
And as much as I whine, gripe, complain, and mope about caregiving, I too, wouldn’t volunteer to sign on the care receiving dotted line, and I do know that there will be a day when I will need to relinquish my [...]
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Caregiving isn’t exactly synonymous with a spicy love life–not until now. Maybe a passionate love life is just what the doctor ordered…
Dr. Christine Northrup, Oprah’s gynecologist on speed dial and author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom, and the Wisdom of Menopause suggests that you spend 30 minutes three time a week in “self love.”
(Yes, that’s right. [...]
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Today, I’ll continue my conversation with author, Linda Merlino.
Her book, Belly of the Whale will be released in April and is about a woman who finds that cancer isn’t the worst thing that can happen to a person.
Hudson Catalina finds herself a hostage of a killer, held in a gas station as violence [...]
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