When 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…
Read MoreAn interview with Dave Nassaney and Adrienne Berger on “The Caregiver’s Caregiver”
Here’s an interview on a national podcast from December, 2018 with Caregiver Dave Nassaney and Adrienne Berger:
Read MoreBest Gift Ever: Space and Grace.
Best Gift Ever: Space and Grace. I’ve decided to give the gift of Space and Grace to some people I love. By Space I mean that I have learned that they need time alone, time to process their problems in their own time and in their own way. By Grace, it means to me that…
Read MoreLife Lessons on the Camino
Fall is in full swing, I know because there is pumpkin-spiced everything available. I look forward to the change of seasons and I hope you are able to get outside and enjoy this time of year. Caregiving can be even more isolating in the winter, try to plan some ways you can care for yourself…
Read MoreSelf Care Isn’t Selfish. It’s Survival.
Self-Care isn’t Selfish. It’s survival. Take a Break Before You Break. I say it all the time and I am learning to take my own advice. I know when I am overtired, mentally stressed and physically exhausted. I need to take a break instead of pushing on, spreading myself too thin and risking crankiness to…
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