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		<title>Duty and Honor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Salach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a full flight from Atlanta to Chicago I noticed a soldier was sitting behind me.  As is my custom I thanked him for his service to which he sheepishly responded “thank you”.  A few minutes before take off the flight attendant approached the soldier to notify him that a man in first class wanted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theworkingcaregiver.org&amp;blog=17540265&amp;post=3000&amp;subd=theworkingcaregiver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interview on Public Perspectives</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Salach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the honor of being interviewed by Kevin McDermott on his show Public Perspectives.  To watch the interview http://ustre.am/:11m1P<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theworkingcaregiver.org&amp;blog=17540265&amp;post=2997&amp;subd=theworkingcaregiver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tired and Wired</title>
		<link>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/02/15/tired-and-wired/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Salach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over coffee a friend and I were discussing the cold that is going around.  I shared how my cold has been hanging on for weeks and I’ve tried all kinds of over the counter medications but none are helping.  My friend shared that he didn’t like taking cold medication because it made him tired and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theworkingcaregiver.org&amp;blog=17540265&amp;post=2973&amp;subd=theworkingcaregiver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Worry Hours</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Salach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working in the health care field for the past 20 years I have heard the term “Worry Hours” repeatedly when discussing family caregivers. These hours are between 10pm and 1am when family caregivers, overwhelmed by the burdens of managing  caregiving duties, work load, family life and personal health, are wide awake and full of anxiety [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theworkingcaregiver.org&amp;blog=17540265&amp;post=2976&amp;subd=theworkingcaregiver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Wish I Were an Idiot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Salach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I were an Idiot, I could&#8230; Get my name and picture in countless magazines and newspapers for my reckless bad-mannered antics. Be offered a contract with a major publisher to write a &#8220;how to get paid for being stupid&#8221; book that my “people” would contract with a large PR agency to promote for me all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theworkingcaregiver.org&amp;blog=17540265&amp;post=2963&amp;subd=theworkingcaregiver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Check out my YouTube Channel</title>
		<link>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/02/02/check-out-my-youtube-channel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Salach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enjoy video&#8217;s and support information via YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/aginginfousa<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theworkingcaregiver.org&amp;blog=17540265&amp;post=2961&amp;subd=theworkingcaregiver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reconcilliation and Your Well-Being</title>
		<link>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/01/31/reconcilliation-and-well-being/</link>
		<comments>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/01/31/reconcilliation-and-well-being/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Salach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up my family was very close. In typical Italian style, every Sunday was spent at my grandparent’s home in Chicago where random aunts, uncles and cousins (most of which lived on the same block) gathered for an amazing feast. My grandfather, the middle child of 5 had a younger brother named Chris who I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theworkingcaregiver.org&amp;blog=17540265&amp;post=2934&amp;subd=theworkingcaregiver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Blog:How to Ease the Transition to Assisted Living</title>
		<link>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/01/27/guest-bloghow-to-ease-the-transition-to-assisted-living/</link>
		<comments>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/01/27/guest-bloghow-to-ease-the-transition-to-assisted-living/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Salach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your loved one is considering moving into an assisted living situation of some sort, you’re likely have a lot of concerns about the type of conditions they will encounter.  They may have some reservations when it comes to counting on others for care and services because they’ve been taking care of themselves for so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theworkingcaregiver.org&amp;blog=17540265&amp;post=2946&amp;subd=theworkingcaregiver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Change is the Only Constant</title>
		<link>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/01/26/change-is-the-only-constant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Salach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maya Angelou once said “If you don&#8217;t like something, change it. If you can&#8217;t change it, change your attitude.” I thought about this as I watched the Biggest Loser a few months back. The contestants, who, on the first episode, were split into 3 teams to compete for the prize of picking their trainers, were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theworkingcaregiver.org&amp;blog=17540265&amp;post=2929&amp;subd=theworkingcaregiver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing Left Unsaid</title>
		<link>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/01/25/nothing-left-unsaid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Salach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw a preview for the new movie &#8220;Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close&#8221; about a young boy whose father was killed in the 9/11 attacks.  One of my most unsettling thoughts regarding 9/11 was about what was left unsaid. My mind goes to a couple who possibly had a fight that morning, most likely about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theworkingcaregiver.org&amp;blog=17540265&amp;post=2921&amp;subd=theworkingcaregiver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Did Senator Mark Kirk have Warning Signs of a Stroke</title>
		<link>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/01/23/did-senator-mark-kirk-have-warning-signs-of-a-stroke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Salach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sad news of Senator Mark Kirk&#8217;s stroke at age 52 brings to light the reality that age does not play a factor when it comes to this affliction.  Every year, stroke strikes approximately 795,000 Americans – killing 144,000 and forever changing the lives of many who survive.  Everyone has some risk so it is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theworkingcaregiver.org&amp;blog=17540265&amp;post=2940&amp;subd=theworkingcaregiver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Observations from the Waiting Area</title>
		<link>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/01/23/observations-from-the-waiting-area/</link>
		<comments>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/01/23/observations-from-the-waiting-area/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Salach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several months ago I had the opportunity to wait for half an hour in the entrance of a well-known restaurant for my friend Jan, who was stuck in traffic. I refer to the time as an opportunity because, as I have said over and over (like a broken record); every day we have a chance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theworkingcaregiver.org&amp;blog=17540265&amp;post=2911&amp;subd=theworkingcaregiver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good Grief</title>
		<link>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/01/12/good-grief/</link>
		<comments>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/01/12/good-grief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Salach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people I’ve spoken with about grief think that there is a “time of mourning”. This would suggest a beginning as well as an end. I believe that grief is a journey that has no end date, it simply changes over time. There are many different stages of this journey, however; grieving a loss doesn’t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theworkingcaregiver.org&amp;blog=17540265&amp;post=2906&amp;subd=theworkingcaregiver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Caregiving and Alzheimer&#8217;s: Asking the Right Questions</title>
		<link>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/01/09/caregiving-and-alzheimers-asking-the-right-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/01/09/caregiving-and-alzheimers-asking-the-right-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Salach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A frustrated friend called me for help while visiting her mother.  Her mother’s Alzheimer’s was progressing and she was exhibiting some, let’s say, wearisome behaviors (to my friend that is).  It had been over a week and her mother refused to change her clothes.  She and her sister had spent days going through her mothers’ [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theworkingcaregiver.org&amp;blog=17540265&amp;post=2899&amp;subd=theworkingcaregiver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Perspective from the Rearview Mirror</title>
		<link>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/01/06/perspective-from-the-rearview-mirror/</link>
		<comments>http://theworkingcaregiver.org/2012/01/06/perspective-from-the-rearview-mirror/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Salach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to believe that it’s January.  It feels like time speeds up as each year passes.  2011 was a year filled with so many trials and tragedy that, at times, I just wanted to curl up in the fetal position and cry. 2011 began for us with a call from my sister-in-law Cathy in Florida [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theworkingcaregiver.org&amp;blog=17540265&amp;post=2892&amp;subd=theworkingcaregiver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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