Sep 6, 2022 | Common Challenges, End-of-Life, Feeling Guilty, Feeling Overwhelmed, Navigating Change and Letting Go, Resources
Earlier this year, I wrote a blog about how important it is to prepare for end-of-life decisions you might have to make on behalf of your parents. I wrote about advance directives, and having important conversations with doctors and family. I culled so much good...
Aug 23, 2022 | Common Challenges, Feeling Guilty, Feeling Overwhelmed, Uncategorized
It’s 5 am on a Saturday morning and I’m lying awake with that cold, sweaty, anxious feeling that comes from deep existential angst masquerading as too many things to do. I know something has to change – that there’s GOT to be another way to look at my life..to live so...
Jul 23, 2022 | Common Challenges, Feeling Overwhelmed, Resources, Uncategorized
(Article Reposted with permission from Memorywell.com) Think of it as a mom’s group for a different and less joyful chapter of life. One woman struggles to understand why her mom won’t leave her room. Another woman, whose mother now lives with her, wonders on...
Jul 2, 2022 | Common Challenges, Medicare, Paying for Care, Resources, Uncategorized
“My dad doesn’t have Medicare!” A friend said to me recently. “What?” I responded. This seemed unlikely. Pretty much everyone over age 65 has some form of Medicare and my friend’s dad is at least 90 years old. Then he explained, “Dad has something called ‘Blue Cross...
Jun 21, 2022 | Assisted Living, Common Challenges, End-of-Life, Feeling Overwhelmed, Uncategorized
This summer at a caregiving event, a man wanted to know if it would be better for his mother, who has Alzheimer’s, to live at home with family or to live in a facility. He asked me, “What’s the right thing to do?” More recently, a woman worn out from caring for her...
May 29, 2022 | Assisted Living, Common Challenges, Feeling Overwhelmed, Paying for Care, Uncategorized, Your Parent's Hospitalization
Americans have a love affair with hospitals. We tend to think of doctors and nurses as the people who were working hard to make good grades while the rest of us were skipping class. I am pretty sure my brilliant, doctor friend Heather was walking around with a...
