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...
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...
Apr 5, 2022 | Common Challenges, Feeling Guilty, Feeling Overwhelmed, Navigating Change and Letting Go, Uncategorized
Every time I turn on my computer, I see some story or advice about the importance of self-care, especially for women. We read about how Arianna Huffington is on us to get more sleep, which has the effect of keeping me up all night worrying about the bad things that...
Mar 29, 2022 | Common Challenges, End-of-Life, Feeling Overwhelmed, Navigating Change and Letting Go, Resources, Uncategorized
I’ve said many times that few things are more disorienting than the shift from being cared for by your parents to caring for your parents. The only thing that makes it harder is when your parent (or spouse) has dementia. This is quite possibly the most challenging of...
Mar 11, 2022 | Assisted Living, Common Challenges, Feeling Overwhelmed, Medicaid, Medicare, Paying for Care, Resources, Uncategorized
I was 30 weeks pregnant with my daughter when a routine doctor’s visit uncovered the fact that a disconnected placenta had cut her off from getting food and water. Essentially, she was starving in utero. Later that same day, my girl was born by emergency C-section...
