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Giving Your Care Recipient a Feeling of Usefullness

  “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....

My Experiences With “Sundowning”

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...

Research for Tomorrow/Help for Today-Can They Co-Exist?

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...
6 Emotions Make Beautiful Memories

6 Emotions Make Beautiful Memories

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...