Elder Care ABC Created by caregivers for caregivers

I don’t know if you are like me, but the second I have a new challenge in my life, I make a beeline to the bookstore to try to find a book that that will help me find my way. To me, finding an author is like finding a guide and trusted friend to help [...]

Not to boast, but I sort of consider myself a Rock Star of “handling” uncomfortable calls on the caregiving front. I’ve raced to a city hospital on Christmas Eve when a friend was diagnosed with leukemia; I’ve aborted a vacation mid-airport when a friend’s husband died unexpectedly; I’ve made multiple 2 a.m. guest appearances in [...]

As the sole sibling living in relative proximity (about an hour away) of my recently-widowed mother, I spend nearly every day thinking about what she is doing. And still, I can’t figure out if – as an idea or goal – it’s good or bad. I suspect that many of you also spend their days [...]

For caregivers passionate about spreading the good news about caring for and building relationships with the elderly, run, don’t walk to your nearby theater to see the new Disney-Pixar movie “Up.”
Forget that it’s a “kid’s” movie.  It’s an inspiring, life-giving tale about the power of the human spirit; love between two people who set out [...]

Here’s some good news on the caregiving front: Boomers sandwiched between children and their aging parents can create a healthier, longer life for themselves, just because they care, according to a new study. Stress no more. It turns out that all that worry has a payback. The nurturing you’ve given may be repaid by a [...]

As Fathers Day has just passed, I think of the moments when I didn’t make that split-second decision to be present for someone in need.
And I thank God that I have learned to move when the moment says, ” Go now” and to try to be present when someone I love needs me.
So, this day, [...]

Are you a Panini Too?
As I drove away from my mother’s independent living facility the other day, I started to cry. I felt overwhelmed, scared and deflated. My father died last fall, and the passing months have been the cruelest I have ever seen for my mom. During the three years she stood by his [...]

“How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.” – George Washington Carver
I must confess that when it comes to providing parent care [...]