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3 Strategies to Overcome the Most Stressful Part of Daughterhood
There is almost nothing in life more stressful than feeling like you are 100 percent responsible for a situation over which you have zero control. This is happening a lot these days in my house because somehow, somewhere, my daughter has grown into a teenager and I’ve...
Are You Ready to Make Healthcare Decisions for Your Parents? Six Steps to Prepare You Now
A reality of our healthcare system is that it’s really good at keeping people alive way past the point that they’re aware of being alive. As a result, our parents stand a good chance of ending up in either a healthcare crisis or end-of-life situation where they can’t...
7 Must-Have Books for Caregivers
Experts and former caregivers write books and blogs, and create websites to provide information that will help make caregiving easier. But they aren’t solving the real problem, which is that it’s really overwhelming to have to read and sort through all these resources...
The 4 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Medicaid Home Care
I love hearing from readers. Sometimes they write to tell me that a particular blog has helped them and that makes me very happy. But a lot of the time, they tell me about problems that aren’t easily solved and ask questions that aren’t easily answered. Here’s one I...
The 3 Unexpected Stages of Daughterhood
I have spent the last few weeks talking to new Daughterhood Circle leaders. And, even though they live all over the country – from New Jersey to North Carolina to Texas and Minnesota --- it’s AMAZING how many of the things they experience are exactly the same. I mean...
4 Things You Can Do to Make Caregiving Less Tedious
I once had a therapist tell me that I had “the most disordered thinking” of anyone he had ever seen. In light of this diagnosis, I probably deserve a gold medal for getting out of bed most mornings. My secret to staying semi-sane is to keep really, really busy and to...
4 Myths that Increase the Burden of Caregiving
In exactly 10 hours from now, at 5:30 am, I’m going to pull out of my driveway and hit the road for vacation. And yet, at this point, I am still working. And I’m still packing. Two days ago, I woke up in a cold sweat about my many pre-vacation obligations, checked my...
Essential Websites for the Daughterhood Journey
These days you can barely open up your internet browser without stumbling across a website for caregivers. On the one hand, this is great but it can also be a problem --- There are so many websites with advice and information for caregivers that it can be hard...