Archive for May 2018
3 Ways Not to Get Alzheimer's in an ICU
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Newswise — Patients treated in intensive care units across the globe are entering their medical care with no evidence of cognitive impairment but oftentimes …… Read More
Read MoreThe Caregiver’s Voice Review – Bringing Mom Home
More at… https://thecaregiversvoice.com/tcv-review/caregiver-book-review-bringing-mom-home/ Prayers and divine guidance lead two sisters on a path to move Mom from her own home in Texas into a California assisted living community and then into a home where they all live together with the help of in-home care. Susan and her sister, Claire face many challenges, one of which is their mom won&… Read More
Read MorePoor Memory + Slow Walking = Dementia?
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A study involving nearly 27000 older adults on five continents found that nearly 1 in 10 met criteria for pre-dementia based on a simple test that measures how …… Read More
Read MoreStar Wars Brings Joy to Johns Hopkins Children's Center
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It was a regular Friday filled with appointments and treatments—when who came zooming into Johns Hopkins Children’s Center but R2D2, uniting allies from the …… Read More
Read MoreAs Surgery Centers Boom, Patients Are Paying With Their Lives
More at… http://thecaregiverspace.org/as-surgery-centers-boom-patients-are-paying-with-their-lives/ The surgery went fine. Her doctors left for the day. Four hours later, Paulina Tam started gasping for air. Internal bleeding was cutting off her windpipe, a well-known complication of the spine surgery she had undergone. But a Medicare inspection report describing the event says that nobody who rem… Read More
Read More“Sure”, is my favorite word.
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My favorite word is “Sure’! It’s a small but powerful way to be positive and agreeable.
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Read MoreCaregiving is not like a rollercoaster ride
More at… http://thecaregiverspace.org/caregiving-is-not-like-a-rollercoaster-ride/ I hear you should put your own oxygen mask on first. I hear caregiving is the hardest thing you’ve ever loved. I hear caregiving is like a rollercoaster ride. I hear these three things so often it’s hard to not roll my eyes. The oxygen mask thing is a good bit of advice no one […]… Read More
Read MoreBeing Strong
More at… http://thecaregiverspace.org/being-strong/ “Be strong,” I was told. Often. Ad infinitum. Almost Ad nauseam The advice sounded fine and intelligent, but just what, exactly, did it mean? Does being strong refer to not crying? If that is the case, I most certainly was not consistently strong during the pinnacle of my caregiving struggles. D… Read More
Read MoreThree great books for Caregiver Warriors!
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My first book review! Here are three great reads!
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Read MoreWhat keeps me going: Family
More at… http://thecaregiverspace.org/what-keeps-me-going-family/ I’m not going to pretend that taking care of my dad is easy. It’s exhausting. It’s taken over my life. It’s destroyed my chance of getting a promotion. In fact, I’m nervous that it’ll cost me my job. But it also means that my father and my son can have the incredi… Read More
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