I stumbled across Barbara Parentini on Twitter (see how great social media is) and found this lovely poem dealing with dementia on her website: Gifts By Grace. I asked if I could share it with you and she kindly granted permission. A Life Unraveled...
As most of you know, we publish a weekly newsletter. In last week’s newsletter, our featured article was about Overcoming Bathing Challenges. Every once in awhile I receive a letter from one of my readers letting me know that an article I have written has...
I have been sick with a kidney infection for the past 3 days. Having had many of them in my lifetime due to a genetic disease, I know exactly what they feel like and can pretty much self-diagnose them. I always keep “pyridium” on hand – it’s...
Well, I just returned from court where I needed to appear in order to end the conservatorship that I had obtained for my father. I was both a guardian and conservator for him and whereas a guardianship automatically ends at death, a conservatorship does not. There...
Okay, HATE is a strong word so let me just say that we highly dislike it. The HIPAA law is the nemesis of all cargivers who are trying to help their aging parents or loved ones simply get things done! The HIPAA law stands for The Health Insurance Portability and...
A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year grandson. The old man’s hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate together at the table. But the elderly grandfather’s shakey hands and failing...