5 Caregiver Sanity Secrets
I am a recovering caregiver. I was my mom’s caregiver for nearly 8 years, including hospice in my home. At the time, I had three young teenagers, a husband who worked midnights and a job where I worked out of my home office. I had the worst of both worlds – I never got to…
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Cake is Complicated
It seemed like such a reasonable idea. It was Dad’s 87th birthday and his daughter wanted to bring a cake to the senior day center. Who doesn’t like cake?
Read MoreThe Caregiver Clubhouse
I spend a lot of time talking with caregivers and I ask them what do they need or want most? I get a lot of different answers, but the most common answer is, “I need a break”. I need some MEtime to do what I want to do. But then they tell me how guilty…
Read MoreWhen Caregiving Ends – Who are You?
Breeda Miller – Caregiver Champion The End and The Beginning The day arrives. Caregiving come to an end for family caregivers and a new stage of life begins. While caring for an elderly parent or a family member with a chronic illness can be exhausting and all consuming, it can also provide a framework for…
Read MoreHerding Cats
Caregiving can often feel like herding cats. Just when you think you have figured something out another challenge appears, or a dependable solution doesn’t work anymore. Caregiving is frustrating and exhausting. This is a photo of our son with our two jumbo kittens. These babies are just seven months old, yet they are already bigger…
Read MoreThrow me a lifesaver!
by Breeda Miller Caregivers are the worst at caring for themselves. I know how exhausted, frustrated and guilty we feel. We are told all the time – with a waggly finger pointed right at our nose, that we have to take care of ourselves. Really? And when is that supposed to happen? Never Ending Days and Nights…
Read MoreWell PACED Care
If our goal is to stay in our own homes as long as possible and to receive supportive medical care, transportation and a stimulating social environment, I found a program that may be be the best kept secret in senior care. There are 122 of these very special centers in 31 states. I wish I…
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