While The Caregiver’s Voice is more likely to focus on an article about caregivers and guilt, we recently collaborated with Homewatch CareGivers on a piece about loved ones’ feelings of guilt. Care recipient guilt is infrequently covered; yet, it is an equally important perspective among[...]
There are times when caregivers need to have the straight scoop on poop. Are you able to tell the difference among types of backmatter? Early detection could prevent a loved one with dementia from being back-ended by a more serious matter. After all, who needs the stress of worrying about yet anothe[...]
Tracy Mobley grew up tending pigs and crops on a farm near Cabool, Missouri. She married her high school sweetheart and moved to Oklahoma. Within a few years, he began abusing her and the two divorced. She married again and had a son, Austin. By all accounts, Austin appeared to be healthy, except fo[...]
Carole Mulliken provides this month’s review of the book, The Inheritance for The Caregiver’s Voice REVIEW. If you are a caregiver for a person with Alzheimer’s, you know that caregiving can be a 24/7 in-your-face challenge. Sometimes, it lasts for decades. The Inheritance is a swe[...]
Mix Up Your Daily Routine Guest article by Christina Chartrand It happens to the best of us – you drive home from work and don’t even remember making the trip. You leave home and forget if you locked the door. It’s human nature to go on autopilot. You fall into a daily routine and follo[...]
As a caregiver, it’s very easy to forget about taking care of yourself when you are laser-focused on taking care of another person. Frequently, caregivers have too much on their plates. If you’re one of these people, you know that even though you’ve prepared fully, surprises can leave yo[...]
How Busy Caregivers Manage Time Spent Preparing Pureed Meals in a Dysphagia Kitchen Sponsored Article by Diane Wolff At Essential Puree, we discovered a wide range of needs for the variety of caregivers caring for loved ones diagnosed with a swallowing disorder. Responding to our readers’ requ[...]
Facebook – Memory aid for Alzheimer’s? Facebook (FB) has a feature that reminds users of their status update from a year or more, ago. The reminder occurs on the anniversary date of when the user added the post. The user has a choice to share the memory as I’ve done below. Imagine [...]
Family members, including caregivers, often feel mixed emotions after a loved one dies on a holiday. It can be Christmas, New Year’s, Thanksgiving, or even April Fools’ Day. My father died on March 31, eight years after my mother’s passing on April 1. My father called me on April Fools’ Day. I[...]
Gotta love the human spirit that refuses to be beaten! After a misdiagnosis of epilepsy, Australian-based Mick Carmody writes, “I was diagnosed with a common form of dementia in people who are under the age of 65 called – fronto-temporal lobe dementia or FTD.” His wife and daughter were “walking on [...]
Do you feel like the only worker ant in your caregiving colony? Caregiving is both rewarding and overwhelming. Do you find yourself trying to make progress when the winds of life start blowing against you? Sometimes, we go through periods in life where we feel like a bunch of ants coming and going&#[...]
John Roche cared for his mother in his home for the last ten years of her life. He admired all she’d been through – strokes, paralysis, and raising three children, mostly alone. He looked forward to caring for her. What he didn’t expect was the toll it would take on him and his mom[...]
