Family Caregivers Communication Class — The Language of Dementia, Part 3
This is Part 3 in a 3-part series. Please click here to read Part 1 which contains the background ideas these lessons are built on. Also read my brief “Word of Warning” in Part 2 to keep from “shoulding” all over yourself and for a prior lesson in the language of dementia. I hope you [...]
Family Caregivers Communication Class — The Language of Dementia, Part 2
This is Part 2 in a series. Please click here to read Part 1 which contains the background ideas these lessons are built on. It isn’t easy to change our way of communicating with our memory-impaired aging parents, but in order to make their lives (and ours) easier, it is helpful to follow some basic [...]
Family Caregivers Communication Class — The Language of Dementia, Part 1
Many of our aging parents (or Golden Oldies as I prefer to call them) will eventually develop some type of memory loss. It usually starts as the forgetfulness we have come to expect with normal aging, but then it may progress to dementia or Alzheimer’s disease (AD for short, which is the most common type [...]
Book Review: You Want Me To Do What? Journaling for Caregivers
“How can I possibly find time to write in a journal?” I said, thinking of my already never-ending “To Do” list. In this brief and encouraging book, “You Want Me to Do What? Journaling for Caregivers,” author B. Lynn Goodwin shows caregivers how we can make the time — starting with just a few minutes [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers — 2/25/09
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. ~ Samuel Ullman _________________________ Photo Credit: basykes’ photostream
Please Don’t Ask Family Caregivers This Question!
There is a question I am asked very often when I tell people my mom has Alzheimer’s disease. They ask, “Does she know you?” I don’t know how to answer them. And it is a very hard question for all caregivers of dementia or Alzheimer’s patients to answer. People ask that particular question because it [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers — 2/18/09
Last week I wrote a post that included this sentence: “And we certainly can use more love in this crazy world!” Later that same day I visited one of my favorite blogs called The Jungle of Life and watched a video that completely brought my words to life! The video is called “A Game of [...]
Listen to My Caregiving Journey on BlogTalkRadio.com — 2/18/09
Hi Everyone, I hope you will listen in while I’m being interviewed by Denise Brown of Caregiving.com for her radio show, “Your Caregiving Journey,” on BlogTalkRadio.com this coming Wednesday, February 18th at 8pm CST. Denise and I will talk about my caregiving experiences, past, present and future. I’m very excited and look forward to connecting [...]
WOW — I Won a Caregiving Award!
I am so proud and happy to share this news with you! I’ve won a “Caregiver of the Year” Award from Caregiving.com! You can read the criteria Denise Brown (Caregiving.com’s CEO) used to select the winners, along with our stories here. (Once you get to the website, click on the names to read our unique [...]
25 Random Things . . . from a Family Caregiver
I was tagged on my personal Facebook profile to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits or goals about me. I thought it would be fun to do this with my family caregiver hat on and see what I could come up with for you. But I’d love to take this a step [...]
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