Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers — 1/27/10: On Regrets

Written by on January 27, 2010 - 5 Comments
Categories: Inspiring Quotes

Publicly sharing a true confession earlier this week got me thinking about regrets I have as a family caregiver.  Looking back, there are definitely some things I would have done differently while caring for Mom and Dad.  They’re hard to acknowledge, and I am very sad when I think about them.  I wanted so much [...]

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True Confessions: When I Lost Patience with My Aging Parents

Written by on January 25, 2010 - 5 Comments
Categories: Caregiver Stress, Communication, My Caregiving Journey

In a prior post I acknowledged that in our role as family caregivers, we’ve all  probably lost our patience with our aging parents or care recipients at some point. I also promised to share with you my own experience, so here goes. I Never Lost My Patience (Part One of Two) I was a long [...]

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True Confessions: Have you Lost your Cool with your Aging Parents?

Written by on January 18, 2010 - 6 Comments
Categories: Caregiver Stress, Communication

Last week’s post about having patience with our aging parents (aka Golden Oldies), caused me to think about the exact opposite experience.  Despite our best efforts, each of us has probably lost our patience and blown up at our care recipients at one time or another, in some way or other.  We wouldn’t be human [...]

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Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: On Patience — 1/13/10

Written by on January 13, 2010 - 2 Comments
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The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. ~  C. S. Lewis ************************* Patience and fortitude conquer all things. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ************************* The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it. [...]

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Do You Have Patience with Your Aging Parents?

Written by on January 11, 2010 - 10 Comments
Categories: Caregiver Stress, Communication, Golden Oldies, Visiting

Slow down, you move too fast. You got to make the morning last. Just kicking down the cobble stones. Looking for fun and feelin’ groovy. ~  Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel Lately I’m more aware than ever of how fast our society moves, and how we are living at an ever-accelerating pace.  People want and [...]

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