As a caregiver you constantly battle emotions and balance responsibilities and demands every day. But don’t forget what brings you happiness.
Caring for Aging Parents: Five ways to Find the Humour
April 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Fed up dealing with your aging parents? When was the last time you laughed? Try this to ditch the stress and get the funny back.
Getting your elderly parents the rehab care they need
April 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When your elderly parent is in rehab they need to stay long enough to get proper care. Here is how you can help ensure they do.
Finding the best Alzheimer’s home: Nine tips
April 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It is Story of the Month day on the blog, the day we feature the most popular post this month: Finding the best Alzheimer’s home: Nine tips.
All about Easter: Traditions and Trivia
April 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Easter is a time to celebrate family, spring and renewal, regardless of religious background. Here are a few fun facts to share with your kids about this unique holiday as you follow traditions or create new ones.
Caring for elderly parents: How siblings can work as a team
March 23, 2012 By 1 Comment
In our last blog we profiled the dilemma of the adult daughter who was expected to do everything for her aging Mom, while her brothers claimed mom seemed perfectly fine when they dropped in or phoned. Add mom’s own assertion that she’s ‘just fine,’ and our adult daughter begins to doubt her own sanity! We [...]
Caring for elderly parents: How to get your siblings to help
March 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Story of the month: “Caring for elderly parents: How to get your siblings to help.” Today is “Story of the month” day on the blog! This is when we look at the post that garnered the greatest response from you, our readers. It’s a post that was so popular and useful, that it is [...]
Caring for your elderly parents—and yourself too
March 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I want to talk today about an old child’s toy called the Weeble that some of you may be old enough to remember as I do. It was a roly-poly character that rocked when pushed but always came back up. The commercial message was: “Weebles wobble, but they don’t fall down.” I wonder if many [...]
Caring for elderly parents: How to get your siblings to help
February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In last month’s blog, we talked about ways to help your aging parents to accept help. Today, it’s about getting your siblings onside to participate, share the load and the expenses. You’re such an alarmist – Mom can decide herself if she needs help.” Kathie’s mom is 85 and living alone. She speaks to her [...]
Caregiver Guilt: Allowing Ourselves to Dream about the Future
February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We have spoken before about the ambivalent feelings we have as caregivers, wanting to be devoted to caring for our loved ones and yet needing to have our own life. I want to extend that conversation to talk about the ambivalence of wanting our loved ones with us and, at the same time, wanting to [...]
