A delightful story that inspires caregiving hope and joy. Louise Carey, writer, speaker, wife, and mother of four, paints an endearing portrait of caring for her ninety-four-year-old father-in-law with dementia in The Hedge People. She and her husband, Tim, are members of the Wycliffe Bible Translat[...]
Letter to Meg Whitman, Candidate for California Governor Dear Ms. Whitman, What is your position on CAREGIVERS in California? Reports are that since February when you began campaigning for California’s highest office that you have outspent the other candidates with $59 million of your own fu[...]
Conquering the Peak of Caregiving is like Climbing a Mountain THE MOUNTAIN CLIMB Last Spring, my husband, his co-worker, and I climbed a mountain in the Angeles National Forest of Southern California to view a plane-crash site. Starting at 4,900 feet, we climbed to 7,900 feet; first, through pine-ne[...]
What happens when you’re stuck with two homes and can pay the mortgage on only one? Just as John and Susan’s new Colorado home was almost ready for them to move in, they faced two unexpected developments. In the first part of Caregivers Nearing Retirement posted last week, we met Susan and Joh[...]
As a thirty-plus year investor, I am disturbed by discussions with some very dear friends, recently. Their experience multiplied 100,000 fold contributes to America’s rocky future. To preserve their privacy, their names have been changed and details have been changed without losing the point. BOUGHT[...]
Martin Avadian…March 31 Nine years ago this evening, a massive stroke took my father’s life. He had lived with Alzheimer’s for five years. In a way, he was fortunate to have gone in thirty minutes instead of clutching for life on artificial life support. I lived with regret for not[...]
Faithful Fans and Followers of The Caregiver’s Voice Website, We will be moving to a new server this evening (Monday 29th) around 5pm PT (8pm ET).[...]
I just finished attending the American Society on Aging’s Generations: Aging Network in Today’s Economy Webinar with presenters Mike Burgess and Bob Blancato. (See biographical information at the end of this post.) I usually tweet live during such programs and today, have included the [edited][...]
A New Look at How to Help Our Loved Ones Stop Hoarding Now that Spring has sprung, our focus is on how we can stop hoarding and start getting rid of the things that no longer serve a purpose. It takes a lot of effort, energy, and preparation whether we’re trying to stop hoarding or help our lo[...]
A New Look at Why People Hoard Things As we anticipate Spring and try to get a handle on our increasingly busy and stressful lives, one way we try to accomplish this is by clearing clutter from our lives. What do we no longer need? When we speak of the clutter in our lives, we often think of things&[...]
If you are 30, or older, you might think this is hilarious! When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning…. Uphill… Barefoot… BOTH way[...]
Are you a goal setter? How do you feel when you set a goal and then don’t achieve it? As an avid goal setter since as long as I can remember–since age ten–I have learned a thing or two about setting and achieving goals. SETTING GOALS is GOOD. Having unyielding expectations are not.[...]
