“I don’t know what to do with the parent/partner/friend/spouse I am caring for all day long. They are still cognizant enough to know what is going on, but I really can’t just give them a job to do , one that has any importance, unsupervised....
What happens to a parent or partner or someone you are caring for when, all of a sudden, as the season changes from summer to fall, then fall to winter, they seem to get agitated and angry at a certain time of the day? I found that as the seasons changed, and the...
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine recently released of a study involving 58 caregivers of stroke survivors and 15 types of common problems that caregivers face. Not surprisingly, the study showed that while there were many other stressors...
The following is a post written by Denise Brown, founder of Caregiving.com. It was featured on JaneNation.com under the “Caregiver” Sisterhood. I have always said that in the United States, we spend so much money on research and technology that a national...
When I returned from Canada a little over a week ago, I brought my Mom back to stay with me for a couple of months. She is 86 and basically in good health. Unlike my father, she has no dementia. She has some hearing loss and her...