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November is National Family Caregivers Month and in support of that, I am helping AARP and Borders promote a program...
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The list went on and on. Daily baths, attention paid to her mother’s nails, lotions, pulling chin hairs…on and on and on. She got a standing ovation, but my heart ached for her. She was in her early 50s and looked in her late 70s. She was smiling but looked as if life had beat her with a crowbar."
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Humans are social creatures and we all need a certain amount of social interaction. What I find frustrating, when I try to explain my need for solitude to people, is that most people seem to equate solitude with loneliness. They are not the same thing.
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In those days, we’d have a garage full of modest-sized, plain white signs that said in large black letters, VOTE. Mom and her colleagues spent hours hauling these signs around town, asking people to please put them in their yards, then going back and collecting them prior to Election Day.
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The Breast Cancer Journey Planner feels beautiful and special in the hand. The three-ring-binder format invites the reader to use the book as she chooses. It’s easy to add notes from doctor visits and letters from friends.
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This report is a comprehensive look at how prepared families are to help their loved ones with the transitions to different living arrangements
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This Sunday (tomorrow), September 21, is World Alzheimer's Day. There are many U.S. Alzheimer's agencies that are sponsoring walks, strolls, food sales and seminars as fundraising and awareness events
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However, after my dad's brain surgery left him with dementia and he joined my uncle at the nursing home, I became more aware of my responsibility. My mother was also failing more, and so I'd lost the support they had offered while caring for my uncle. I found myself spending even more time at the nursing home, and keeping an even closer eye on things.
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Then they giggle and – kiss. Yikes! Aren’t they kind of old for that? Our society has marginalized people over fifty when it comes to love and sex.
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States and counties already have rating systems for a wide variety of inspections which are done on a regular basis, at least in my area. The results of these inspections are available to the public, so, out of curiosity, I've looked up, on the Web, the ratings of homes I know well. Often, I've been shocked to find that they have "deficiencies."
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So, often, I get emails asking about how to handle sibling issues. They end with something like, "It must be nice to be an only child. I do the work alone, but I have to fight to make decisions. Only children don't have that problem."
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Michelle Munson-Mccorry of Complete Compassionate Care was kind enough to send me this excellent PDF titled "Knowledge and Skills Needed for Dementia Care - A Guide for Direct Care Workers in Everyday Language
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Yes, if you try them, and they work for you, you can begin your own networking business, though you don't need to. Some people make a living at it. I don't use it that way. I just use the products and people who see how well I'm doing ask and I give them information.
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The medics took him into surgery to repair the hip and then Joe spent a horrible week in the hospital, hallucinating and shaking from withdrawal in addition to the expected pain of the broken hip.
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I want to share with you what it has been like to lose a brother and the effect my dementia had on dealing with that loss
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