Archive for December 2017

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/these-annual-checkups-help-seniors-not-only-survive-but-thrive/ Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News Bea Lipsky shuffled into her wellness coach’s office one morning this fall and parked her walker by the wall. Lipsky, 89, had had a trying year, enduring a hernia operation and two emergency room visits for heart problems. She’s losing her hearing, and recently… Read More

More at… https://starlightcaregivers.com/blog/happy-holidays-from-team-starlight/ Here is wishing you Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas. We look forward to a fantastic 2018.  … Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/gift-ideas-for-your-parent-who-is-going-to-die/ A few weeks ago I was drinking beer and eating meatballs with a new friend in a city I didn’t live in. There’s something about the semi-anonymity of a new face you know you won’t have to see every day afterward that invites people to delve into the deep topics that maybe they don&#… Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/health-monitoring-tech-to-make-caregivers-lives-easier/ Being a caregiver isn’t always an easy task. Even though you deeply love the person for whom you’re caring, long days and physical demands can push even the most patient of people to their limits. Fortunately, home health-monitoring technologies can make your life easier while also impro… Read More

More at… http://thecaregiversvoice.com/tcv-humor/caregiver-humor-dona-tabinkers-and-her-three-husbands/ And now, time for a little caregiver humor from Louise Fusfeld of Suburban Squirrel Productions (Gnawing Edge Comedy)… I always called my mom by the pet name, Tabinkers. Don’t ask. We were tight and comedy was the spine of our relationship. I had returned to my childhood home to live with an… Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/understanding-and-coping-with-memory-loss/ When we begin to see memory loss in ourselves or our loved ones it can be a frightening prospect. What exactly does it mean? What is the cause? How do we prepare ourselves to cope with it? There are many questions that arise. It is important to highlight certain aspects of the memory loss as [&#8230… Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/how-to-get-long-term-care-at-home-without-busting-the-bank/ Judith Graham The vast majority of older adults receive long-term care at home, not in nursing homes. But few people plan for this expense. Nor do they see long-term care insurance as a viable option — because it’s expensive and is often seen as protection against the cost of nursing home care. … Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/part-child-part-honorary-adult/ When I was a child, I was eager to help care for my older sister, Mikey, who had profound developmental disabilities, was non-verbal, and blind. Whether one calls her needs special, additional, or extraordinary, Mikey required more time, attention, and accommodation than I did. That’s just the way… Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/no-one-is-coming-hospice-patients-abandoned-at-deaths-door/ JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News and Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News Photos by Heidi de Marco WASILLA, Alaska — As her husband lay moaning in pain from the cancer riddling his body, Patricia Martin searched frantically through his medical bag, looking for a syringe. She had already called the … Read More