I’m thrilled to introduce the Caregiver Support Tapping Meditations, a series created by The Tapping Solution professionals and me. Tapping is an easy, self-care tool to learn and use on a daily basis to ease stress, guilt and the other negative emotions all caregivers feel. Tapping, also called EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), is a combination […]
I am a huge proponent of support groups because I’ve learned so much and received comfort by attending them during crises in my life. For many years I was also a family caregivers support group leader for my local Alzheimer’s Association chapter, and my life was enriched by listening to the people who attended my […]
Since November is National Family Caregivers Month, I’ve been busy collaborating on three new resources for family caregivers. Yes, I know the famous Beatles’ song is spelled “Here, There and Everywhere,” but my spelling is correct in this circumstance. Hear — Listen to this Podcast I was interviewed for the “Asking for a Friend […]
Placement Guilt When Moving a Loved One to a Care Facility A support group member asked, “How do I get over the guilt?” A few months prior she had moved her husband to a board and care facility because she could no longer care for him by herself at home. Intellectually she knew it […]
Sometimes the realization comes almost too late — you sense that your loved ones may soon be gone, and it dawns on you that you don’t have any recent photos of your aging parents to remember them by . . . When I snapped this photograph of my father, it was to show him […]
