Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: Happy Holidays — 12/20/11
We are really advocates of just getting as happy as you can be—which takes care of everything. Even if you don’t have reason to be happy—make it up. Fantasize it. Make a decision that you’re going to be happy one way or another—no matter what. “No matter what, I’m going to be happy! If I [...]
A Story About Finding Assisted Living — Part 4, Sally’s Decision
This is the final part in our story about how we found the best assisted living facility for 82-year-old Sally to live in. Please read the background info here, and the reports about our visits to Assisted Living Facilities “A” and “B.” Below is the outcome of our search . . . . When [...]
A Story About Finding Assisted Living — Part 3
This is the third article in a four-part series about finding an assisted living facility for 82-year-old Sally to live in. Please read the background info here, and about our visit to Assisted Living Facility “A” here. Her story continues below . . . Sally and I were running nearly two hours late for our [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: Endings and Beginnings — 10/26/11
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson [...]
A Story About Finding Assisted Living — Part 2
This is the second part in a four-part series. Please read Part 1 here for background about our story of finding an Assisted Living residence for Sally. Meeting Sally On a Saturday morning I met Sally at her friend’s home, where she was living temporarily, and off we went to visit the first of two [...]
A Story about Finding Assisted Living — Part 1
One eldercare question I’m asked often is, “How do I find the best assisted living facility for my aging parents?” I normally go through this process with adult children who are making the decision for their parents. Recently, I received a different request — please help Sally, an 82-year-young woman with no family living nearby, [...]
What If Your Aging Parents Refuse to Evacuate in a Hurricane?
In the United States, the weekend news focused on the story of Hurricane Irene, before, during and after the storm hit. There was one news story I heard that raised some practical, even ethical, questions for family caregivers regarding natural disasters, emergency plans and our aging parents (or Golden Oldies as I prefer to call [...]
3 Ways Family Caregivers Can Maximize Their Energy
I read a very interesting guest blog post last week by Mike Davenport on the Men with Pens blog. It wasn’t written for the eldercare industry, but his ideas are excellent tools for family caregivers to put into their bag of tricks and use regularly. Mike makes a distinction between time management vs. energy [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: Are You Feeling Old? — 7/27/11
The very wise Seth Godin recently posted this on his blog: When did you get old? At some point, most brands, organizations, countries and yes, people, start talking about themselves like they’re old. “We can’t stretch in that direction,” or “Not bad for a 60 year old!” or “I’m just not going to be [...]
What Do Caregiving and an Empty Nest Have in Common?
Getting married and becoming a spouse. Giving birth and becoming a parent. Watching your adult children move away and becoming an empty nester. Seeing your parents age and becoming a family caregiver. (Then doing it again possibly for your spouse.) These are all major life transitions that schools don’t give classes in! Most of us [...]
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