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A Poem for Caregivers
Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world…
Alzheimer’s Caregiver Guest Blogger, Lisa Hirsch
My mom has had Alzheimer’s disease for probably the last five to seven years. It’s hard to actually know when the disease got a hold of her. There were certainly things that my mom said and did that stared me right in my face that I seemed to have ignored. Or should I say I…
Seniors’ Secrets to Long Lasting Love
Scientists have often wondered why humans live so much longer than other mammals. Even before modern medicine, human’s lives were quite long by mammalian standards. Anthropologists speculate that, during prehistory, the advantage for humans who lived long was that they were able to increase the likelihood of their younger relatives surviving by passing on useful…
Love and Aging: The Notebook Encapsulates Both
With Valentines Day around the corner, I am dedicating this post to one of the great love stories of the past decade. The Notebook brings up some great points about dealing with dementia, aging and the beauty of caregiving for a loved one. The ‘older’ Noah, played by James Garner, does a fabulous job of…
6 Ideas to Quell the Stress of Caregiving ~ (bubble bath not included)
There is a lot of beneficial self-help information out there for caregivers. Perhaps more every day as our elder population increases and more of us find ourselves in the complex role of caregiving. Many articles will tell you to learn from the experience and find some personal growth. Heck, I write such articles myself (Tools for the Journey). The other day I…
British Prime Minister’s Slow Decline into Dementia
Did you hear Meryl Streep is up for an Academy Award for her recent portrayal as Margeret Thatcher in the The Iron Lady? This is a biographical British film about Margaret Thatcher, longest serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century. British director Phyllida Lloyd chose to focus on the long-reigning former…
