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Tag Archives: encouragement
Caregiving and Alzheimer’s: Asking the Right Questions
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 … Continue reading
Posted in against all odds, aging, caregiving, chronic conditions, disabilities, eldercare, encouragement, health care, making a plan, sandwich generation, unintentional caregiving, working caregiver
Tagged against all odds, aging, alzheimers, caregiving, caregiving and stress, chronic conditions, disabilities, eldercare, encouragement, health care, Home Care, making a plan, sandwich generation, tips on eldercare, unintentional caregiving, working caregiver
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Caregiving and Alzheimer’s: Asking the Right Questions
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 … Continue reading
Posted in against all odds, aging, caregiving, chronic conditions, disabilities, eldercare, encouragement, health care, making a plan, sandwich generation, unintentional caregiving, working caregiver
Tagged against all odds, aging, alzheimers, caregiving, caregiving and stress, chronic conditions, disabilities, eldercare, encouragement, health care, Home Care, making a plan, sandwich generation, tips on eldercare, unintentional caregiving, working caregiver
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Advocate and Empower
My sister and I have become the dynamic duo of caregiving, with her brains (she is the smartest person I know) and my health care background our family members have come to rely on us when it comes to making … Continue reading
Choose your Attitude – You are in Control
I love this story. I’m not sure who wrote it, but I do know it is always inspiring when I get in the way of my own joy. A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each … Continue reading
Posted in aging, boomers, caregiving, elders, encouragement
Tagged aging, baby boomers, boomers, caregiving, choose your attitude, eldercare, elders, encouragement, joy, personal choice, support, you are in control
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A New You for the New Year!
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” ― Thomas Jefferson As a new year rolls in many will set “resolutions” for the upcoming year. Some will involve weight loss; career … Continue reading
Posted in caregiving, encouragement, forgiveness, healthy living
Tagged aging, attitude, caregiving, change your attitude, encouragement, forgiveness, healthy living, New Years, reactions, Resolutions, self-care, stress, support
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A Tribute to My Mom – Happy Mother’s Day
I have been blessed to have the best Mom in the history of Mom’s. Maybe I’m a bit biased (just a little), however; if you were to ask my friends from childhood through today about my Mom they would probably … Continue reading
Posted in caregiving, encouragement, forgiveness
Tagged caregiving, encouragement, encouragment, forgiveness, lessons learned, Mom's, mother's day
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A Positive Focus for the New Year
Every year has good and bad moments. Sadly, as we look in the rear-view mirror of the passing year, many will focus on the bad which, more than likely, were probably fewer than the good but can appear larger in … Continue reading
Living Each Day with Purpose
It has been said that the definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I can relate to this concept. I have found that much of both my business and personal life … Continue reading
One Word Can Change Your Life – Cancer
“It’s Cancer”, my sister and I tried to compose ourselves and comprehend the significance of what we had just heard the doctor say. Did he just say that our mom has cancer? Having worked in hospice for many years, I knew … Continue reading
Celebrate Triumphs – No Matter How Large or Small!
Anyone who has had a loved one with cancer understands how stressful the ongoing 3-6 month marks are waiting to hear if the blood work and bone-scans were clear. When those we love have had ongoing health issues and it … Continue reading
Posted in aging, boomers, caregiving, eldercare, elders, encouragement, health care
Tagged aging, boomers, breast cancer, cancer, caregivers, caregiving, celebrate, eldercare, elders, encouragement, family caregiving, health care, Healthcare
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Caution: Idiots May be Offended by this Post
If I were an Idiot, I could… Be offered a contract with a major publisher to write a “how to have 6-pack abs and zero brains” book that my “people” would pay some PR agency large sums of money to promote … Continue reading
Posted in caregiving, encouragement, Funny
Tagged blago, books, caregivers, caregiving, encouragement, Funny, help for caregivers, idiots, It's fun to laugh, media, news, politicians, reality tv, snookie, support
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I’m Fine!
Whenever someone asks me how I’m doing, I usually have the same response, “fabulous”. I started using this response several years ago, because I recognize it not only adjusted my mind-set but the responses I received from the person asking … Continue reading
Living a Big Life
We’ve all heard the expression “Go big or Go Home” at one point or another. For some reason this past week this has become my mantra, so to speak. You see I tend to have spurts of time where I live … Continue reading
Posted in against all odds, boomers, caregiving, encouragement, healthy living, work/life/flex, working caregiver
Tagged achievement, against all odds, boomers, caregiving, employees and employers, encouragement, getting old, healthy living, It's fun to laugh, just stuff, living large, persistence, work/life/flex, working caregiver
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What if…?
“I wish I had met you a few months ago.” I hear some variation of this phrase weekly from people I meet through both networking and personal events. The comment comes from people who have experienced family caregiver in some … Continue reading
Posted in aging, boomers, caregiving, eldercare, encouragement, health care, sandwich generation, taking care of yourself, work/life/flex, working caregiver
Tagged aging, alzheimers, being proactive, boomers, caregiving, caregiving and stress, eldercare, elderly, encouragement, getting old, health care, Healthcare, medical, sandwich generation, taking care of yourself, work/life/flex, working caregiver
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Get Out of Your Head
I spend a lot of time in my own head (at this point many of you are like – uh DUH), but stay with me and hopefully you will see where I’m going. As many of you know, managing the … Continue reading
Posted in aging, caregiving, elders, encouragement
Tagged aging, cancer, caregiver, caregiving, eldercare, elders, encouragement, getting old, self-care, Stress management, support
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Reruns and Other Important Information
Back in the day, before millions of programming options, DVR and on-demand when shows when on hiatus for winter or summer break the TV stations showed reruns. It was a way to catch up on your favorite shows, as well … Continue reading
Posted in caregiving, encouragement, healthy living
Tagged blog posts, caregivers, caregiving, encouragement, healthy living, reruns, support
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