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Inspiring, Great Caregiver Moments Camouflaged in the Every Day

By merretmann on May 1, 2012

Inspiring, Great Caregiver Moments Camouflaged in the Every Day

Yes, it is challenging juggling our full lives as caregivers. The ever-so-opulent word ‘balance’ seems to evade our own experience. Yet, there are moments that inspire and sustain us and we move forward hoping for more of these moments more often. That somehow luck will fall upon us and our quality of life will rise…

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Filed Under: Caregiver Wellness | Tagged balance, caregiver, caregiver support, elderly, hospice, patience, quality of life | Leave a response

A Poem for Caregivers

By merretmann on February 21, 2012

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…

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Filed Under: Caregiver Wellness | Tagged caregiver, elderly, lonely, mary oliver, quality of life | 2 Responses

Alzheimer’s Caregiver Guest Blogger, Lisa Hirsch

By merretmann on February 16, 2012

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…

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Filed Under: Dementia and Alzheimer's | Tagged alzheimers, caregiving, Denial, elderly, Memory | 1 Response

As baby boomers retire, a focus on caregivers

By merretmann on January 18, 2012

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…

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Advice From Life’s Graying Edge on Finishing With No Regrets

By merretmann on January 16, 2012

At 17, I wrote a speech titled, “When You Come to the End of Your Days, Will You Be Able to Write Your Own Epitaph?” It reflected the approach to life I adopted after my mother’s untimely death from cancer at age 49. I chose to live each day as if it could be my…

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Filed Under: Aging and Health | Tagged death and dying, elderly, no regrets, senior health | Leave a response

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