Roxanne Jones blogs at BoomerHaiku. This post was originally featured there. Memories My 80-year-old mother-in-law came to live with Hubs and me for what turned out to be the last six months of her life in 2004. Pat had lost her husband the year before to complications from Alzheimer’s disease, and was in year eight …
Elizabeth Miller is the creator of HappyHealthyCaregiver.com where she writes about important ways to take care of yourself while caring for other family members. It’s obvious that eating at home is the best thing you can do when it comes to making healthy nutrition choices, everyone knows that’s not always possible. As busy women we need some grab-and-go options …
Doreen is an award-winning blogger, teacher and author. She can be found sharing regularly on her website, DoreenMcGettigan.com. This post was originally featured on The Diary of An Alzheimer’s Caregiver with Rena McDaniel. Caregiving for our elderly parents can be one of the most anxiety-inducing, stressful times of our lives. It can be a time of all-consuming sadness …
Debra Savage RN, BSN is the clinical support manager for Assisted Living and Home and Community Based Services for Presbyterian Senior Living. This post was originally featured on their website. More and more Americans step up to assume the role of primary caregiver for an adult family member or loved one every year. In the …
Roxanne Jones blogs at BoomerHaiku. This post was originally featured there. As crazy-making as it can be to care for aging parents sometimes, there also can be moments of snort-stuff-out-your-nose hilarity. Sometimes we only see the humor in retrospect – since we’re so aggravated or mortified at the time it’s happening. Here’s a case in …
