Which website has had over 1.5 billion visits since 1997 and helps patients and their families and friends more easily navigate a serious illness? Twitter? No. FaceBook? No. Caring[...]
Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle's beautiful story of compassion and selfless love for her beloved husband, in Ten Thousand Joys &... Sorrows—Journey... Alzheimer's.[...]
WOW, Coming Home is a great how-to manual on caregiving toward the end of life. Author, Deborah Duda deals with troublesome issues with humor and common sense. She tells stories ab[...]
Death for Beginners: Your No-Nonsense, Money-Saving Guide to Planning for the Inevitable is a practical book on a difficult subject. It is a valuable resource for anyone dealing wi[...]
I am sixty something and Mom is in her eighties and living with breast cancer. She has decided not to receive treatment. So far Mom has no pain and I am living with her to enjoy th[...]
About five years ago, I hiked up to the top of Mt. Baden Powell. A four-mile hike up to 9,400 feet the trail features about 40 switchbacks. The night after the hike and while my hu[...]
A dignified green alternative to unnecessary clothing changes and laundering. Thank you to DinerWear™ in Novi, Michigan for gifting Cravaats™ (scarves or napkins) to two of The Car[...]
Two readers took time to write about how “Where’s my shoes?” My Father’s Walk though Alzheimer’s is helping them. Their letters are posted here with [...]
Retired Special Education Teacher and Caregiver says: Take care of yourself first! My name is Judi and I am a caregiver for my 90-year-old mother who has Alzheimer’s and my 96-year[...]
In this edition of Ask The Caregiver’s Voice, you’ll find: caregiving tips, experiences with caregiver dementia, and the role of touch. The Role of Touch QUESTION: Can [...]
The message of Your Legacy of Love: Realize the Gift in Goodbye became especially relevant to me last week after my nephew was in a freak accident that left him brain dead and on l[...]
Toward the end of my father’s life, he had difficulty chewing food and eventually swallowing. I didn’t know it then. One morning, while feeding him breakfast at the nursing home, I[...]
