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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…
Getting the Respite You Need – Adult Day Care
As I read through the posts on our forum and discussion board, there is a concern that comes up frequently for caregivers and it looks something like this: “When my father-in-law passed away & my mother-in-law, who has Alzheimer’s, had to move in with us in March of this year, I thought I could deal…
As baby boomers retire, a focus on caregivers
CNN) — Whenever Felicia Hudson gets overwhelmed juggling a full-time job and caring for her ailing father, she finds solace in a piece of paper hanging in her office. “Circumstances do not cause anger, nervousness, worry or depression … it is how we handle situations that allow these adverse moods,” it says. “We actually choose…
Mad as Hell – The Future of Medicare
The elderly have changed dramatically; Medicare did not. Today’s recipients, as my mother would have said, live too long and die too slowly, at enormous financial and emotional cost to themselves and their families. The average 70-year-old gets the help he or she needs; the average 90-year-old doesn’t. Some 76 million baby boomers are approaching…
