A New Year, A New Perspective on Caregiving
Today is Groundhog Day in the United States and Canada. Along with the famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, I’m coming out of hibernation, too! While I haven’t written here for over a month, my mind’s been whirring with ideas and I’ve been busy planning new, additional features for Tender Loving Eldercare (TLeC). Why? It all began because [...]
Sorry Charlie Sheen, This is What #Winning Looks Like
I’m very proud and happy to announce that my article, “Daily Activities for Late Stage Alzheimer’s Disease Patients,” has been selected as the winning entry in The Great Alzheimer’s Blogging Competition run by The Disabled Shop Blog! These are the flattering comments the judge wrote about my post: An excellent blog – Linda identified a [...]
It’s National Family Caregivers Month — Have You Thanked a Caregiver?
Each November is National Family Caregivers Month in the United States. I wrote this tribute in 2008 and wish to share it again to honor and thank family caregivers world-wide. What is Caregiving? C is for caring more for others than for yourself A is for appreciating that all human beings deserve dignity and respect R is [...]
Seasons Greetings from Tender Loving Eldercare
Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. ~ Oren Arnold (1900-1980) No matter where you live, whether it’s warm, cold, snowing or raining outside, I hope you will get cozy [...]
A Caregiver Logistics Tip and Contest Winner Announcement
I actually heard this idea while at the hairdresser and thought it was simply brilliant! The woman who came up with this idea has an elderly mother still able to live in her own home but only with the assistance of different caregivers on various shifts during the week. Her mother has dementia so in [...]
Announcing a TLeC Contest for National Family Caregivers Month 2009
“Music is part of being human.” ~ Oliver W. Sacks To continue our celebration of and gratitude for all caregivers during National Family Caregivers Month 2009, TLeC is holding it’s very first contest! It is open to all caregivers, families employing caregivers, and/or eldercare professionals in the U.S.A. It starts November 16, 2009 and all [...]
Contests for Caregivers during National Family Caregivers Month — November 2009
National Family Caregivers Month is about celebrating and showing our gratitude for family caregivers, both near and far. It is our chance to publicly or privately shine the spotlight on these wonderfully giving individuals. Here is an excerpt from President Obama’s Proclamation about National Family Caregivers Month, 2009: The true strength of the American family [...]
I’m Proud to be Blogging for a Cause
I’m excited to share this blogging project with everyone here at TLeC and beyond! Two bloggers, Lance Ekum and Joanna Sutter, teamed up to create a very special e-book and in doing so make a difference in the world. They asked writers worldwide to contribute articles to their unique and on line vision of a [...]
Guest Post at Silver and Grace
I have a guest post up at Silver and Grace for everyone to read. The article is titled “Graceful Women: You are an Empty Nester when . . . .” Stop over and check it out! It’s a reflection about a part of my life I don’t share with my readers here. Silver and Grace [...]
See You In September
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time. ~ John Lubbock Commitments offline (some expected, some unexpected, but all good) will take me away from Tender Loving Eldercare [...]
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