They’re Fantastic and Feisty and Fun!
If I live till my ninth decade–I want to do it like this!
Barbara Matthews
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A Guide to Caring for Aging Family Members
Tag Cloud
- caregiving-book
- Katie
- "What to Do about Mama?"
- expectations
- caregiving
- safety
- respite
- commitment
- support
- Area Agency on Aging
- pain
- planning
- autonomy
- independence
- communication
- difficult-decision
- book-review
- honesty
- death and dying
- eldercare
- Hoyer-lift
- family
- hospice
- burden
- conflict
- support groups
- resentment
- feelings
- sandwich-generation
- love
- grief
- TBI
- dementia
- memories
- goals
- commitments
- insights
- Matt Gallardo
- Messiah Lifeways
- long-distance caregiving
- challenging
- dignity
- facilitate
- comics
- slices-of-life
- moving-in
- publish
- decisions
- difficult-discussion
- downsizing
- organizing
- proactive
- assessment
- journal
- waiting
- stress
- fairness
- burnout
- pain-management
- shared responsibility
- validation
- empathy
- cooperation
- treatment
- slowing down
- catharsis
- worry
- caregiver-burnout
- respect
- patience
- pictures
- family-meeting
- change
- decline
- grandchildren
- emotions
- novel
- Alzheimer's disease
- brain surgery
- optimist
- surgery
- nursing home
- contracted limbs
- services-my-way
- tendon-release-surgery
- environmental modifications
- team
- home-health-agency
- job
- death
- discussion
- difficulty
- fantastic
- describe
- journey
- future
- realities
- questionnaire
- responsibilities
- contracts
- excuses
- media
- cycle
- caring for: children vs. elderly
- humbling
- guilt
- relevance
- feisty
- fun
- balance
- in-laws
- family-dynamics
- family-culture
- mission
- comfort
- parents
- oh-so-true
- NewYorker-RozChast
- questions
- hindsight
- realistic-expectations
- Sunbury-Press
- life-extending-medications
- discontinuing-drugs
- negotiation
- character
- take-advantage
- belongings
- designating
- allocating
- disposing
- overwhelming
- inventory
- daunting
- fragile
- changs-in-an-instant
- be-prepared
- tragic
- value-judgment
- empowerment
- friends
- activities
- bridge
- transport chair
- oxygen
- travel
- sibling-anger
- sharing-with-others
- longevity
- emotional-conflict
- positve-negative
- write
- blog
- book-events
- fall-hospital-rehabilitation-cycle
- comments
- caregiver-health
- siblings
- demands
- physical
- emotional
- imbalance
- grouchy
- angry
- grandma
- assisted-suicide
- Mancini
- morphine
- primary-caregiver
- childhood-rivalries
- family-mediation
- cathartic
- perspectives
- characteristics
- abilities
- love-care-compassion
- problem-solving
- knowledge-skills
- work-ethic
- understand-limits
- empower
- research
- organization
- mediator
- listener
- getting dressed
- giving-up
- burial-outfit
- pleasure
- ritual
- gift-of-children
- frustration
- communication strategies
- hearing
- misunderstandings
- preparation
- finances
- budget
- personality-clashes
- roles
- personal-space
- customs
- values
- boundaries
- mutual-respect
- extraordintary measures
- personal values
- personal strength
- quality vs. quantity
- arthritis
- double-check
- forgetting
- joints
- multi-task
- undervalued
- Metlife study
- limits
- education
- different hats
- dirty job
- logic
- realistic goals-expectations-strategies
- accolades
- caregiver contracts
- in-law-quarters
- modular-unit
- remodeling
- repurposing
- modifications
- aging-in-place
- guidance
- people-in-the-trenches
- published
- present-past-future-caregivers
- Alzheimer's
- everyone-is-a-potential-caregiver
- families
- value-system
- situational-differences
- Barnard-College
- Homeland-Hospice
- Boomer-&-Beyond-Gold's-Gym
- contract
- second-guessing
- depression
- exhaustion
- emotional-and-physical-fatigue
- phone-calls
- alert
- police
