Guest Post by Bart Astor In the seven years that my wife and I served as caregivers to her mother, we made many mistakes. Some of those I know were detrimental to my mother-in-law [...]
Fifteen years ago this month, my husband and I were visiting my father in Wisconsin with the idea of placing him in an assisted living community to better help him live with dement[...]
How will YOU be remembered? Martin Avadian was born, August 22, 1910 in a major Armenian-occupied town called Van (in Turkey). He lived there with his parents until the start of th[...]
This could happen to any of us… “$5.37!” is what the kid behind the counter at McDonald’s told me. I dug into my pocket and pulled out some lint and two dim[...]
…One Step at a Time There are 53 million “informal” caregivers in this country. These caregivers are not paid or considered professionals. Rather, they are extrao[...]
One afternoon, during a tour of an assisted living community, where I was scheduled to speak later that evening, my host invited me to the activity room. She suggested I watch how [...]
My eighty-two-year-old grandmother had Alzheimer’s. Most often she would refer to my Mama as He. I had gone over to Mama’s house to help out with Grandmother. While helping Grandmo[...]
I love my mother deeply. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. It seemed to come on suddenly, while she was staying with my brother. That I might be losing my mother was a mo[...]
Answers to the following questions given by 2nd graders: Why did God make mothers? She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is. Mostly to clean the house. To help u[...]
She cradled me and marveled at me. She sang to me, held my hand and comforted me. She cleaned up my spills and forgave me for everything. She made my Christmas stocking. She smocke[...]
Mother’s Day is just around the corner. With women (wives, daughters, daughter-in-laws) being the majority of caregivers, The Caregiver’s Voice shares A Toast to Women*[...]
