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Transitioning Through Grief
After My Love passed, I spent more than a year alone, deep in thought about life, about My Love and caring for another, and for myself.
Can I Help a Caregiver?
What does a caregiver’s life feel like? Do they need help? Can you and I help? If so, how?
Mother’s Day
For those whose mothers or mother figures or grandmothers in their life have memory loss, Mother’s Day might bring on anxieties about how you’ll handle it, what to do, how to behave.
Ask, and ask again
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED? …if your loved one had concerns about an activity, going somewhere, meeting someone? If we ask them questions when such situations arise, misunderstandings can be avoided, fears can be addressed, and plans made, or discontinued, before the activity, depending on the discoveries. It is time well spent to ask questions before…
Loneliness in caregiving
Loneliness – a side-effect of caregiving Not long after retirement and following My Love’s diagnosis of COPD, I saw red flags and realized caregiving was in my future. I had to investigate what that role entailed. By two years later when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, I recognized the partnership life I had committed to…
Podcasts for caregivers
Do you listen to podcasts? Many care partners for those with dementia discover the ‘way out of desperation’ is to seek out a variety of resources by getting help. And HELP IS ON THE WAY!!
Reflecting on grief
Almost two years ago my ten-year journey caring for My Love ended. At last, I could take time to process my grief from losing the one I adored. I took that time as rehabilitation for myself.
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Accepting the Gift of Caregiving 