Supporting all who care for elders
Many times I’ve remarked that everyone who walks the journey with an elder can be called a care partner. I’ve talked about the roles of professional care partners, those who serve the meals, family members, those who visit occasionally and volunteers. What about the advocate? What’s an advocate? There’s not a question I get asked […]
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Family time over the holidays can be fun and exhilarating–the stuff of which memories are made. Family time over the holidays can be a disaster, a bad dream, and the birthplace of hurt feelings and misunderstanding. All this can happen in the best of families. In the same family. Over the same holiday season. If
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In celebration of my 300th blog, in the month of October, I will be featuring a series called “Who is A Care Partner?” Each week, I will interview a professional care partner. Different responsibilities, nationalities, and perspectives, but one thing in common–a heart for elders. This is the fourth in the series. Tell us a
Who Is A Care Partner–Maria Read More »
In celebration of my 300th blog, in the month of October I will be featuring a series called “Who is A Care Partner?” Each week, I will interview a professional care partner. Different responsibilities, nationalities, and perspectives, but one thing in common–a heart for elders. This is the third in the series. When Lillian talks
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In celebration of my 300th blog, in the month of October I will be featuring a series called “Who is A Care Partner?” Each week, I will interview a professional care partner. Different responsibilities, nationalities, and perspectives, but one thing in common–a heart for elders. This is the second in the series. Niala Dookie was
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In celebration of my 300th blog, in the month of October I will be featuring a series called “Who is A Care Partner?” Each week, I will interview a different professional care partner. Different responsibilities, nationalities, and perspectives, but one thing in common–a heart for elders. This is the first in the series. Honeygirl’s journey to her
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Your family member has just moved into care. There is so much to do to get them settled. What will fit in the room? How should you set it up so they are comfortable? Meet the doctor and the nurses, get their clothes labelled, on and on… For some, giving over care to strangers is
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I’m not good at the dripping tap. Have you ever been cosied into your couch with a riveting book, until your attention is drawn to the kitchen? Drip. Drip. Drip. You’re already disturbed, so you get up to turn the darn thing off. You just get back to the couch when you hear Drip. Drip.
The wind is dancing among the trees and causing the waves to crash against the rocks. I inhale the earthy smell of the forest as I walk the dog, and wish I could bottle it. A bird swirls above the water and screams before it nosedives after a fish for breakfast. I sip my morning
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Meet Janice. She has a family; two teenagers and a twelve-year old, a husband who travels, so is not home for the day-to-day running of the house, and a mother who helps out with the kids. Mom is a young eighty who walks every day, reads the paper, is conversant in politics and plays a
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