Blog of My Mom

How to Find Meaning in Caregiving Caregiving is not an either or experience. There are terrific highs and soul stirring lows. But try asking yourself...What has Caregiving made me better at? While you ask yourself that, here are a few...
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Though much of this came naturally to Paige and I happened to learn over the years, I often had to teach other caregivers how to approach Momma Lynn. We know that many visual changes come along with a diagnosis of...
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Caring for an older adult is not like caring for a child. It's unfair to the caregiver and the elder. So often we equate caring for older adults like caring for children and that is unfair to you as a...
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I listen to my affirmations in music form. While Caregiving I could have been much nicer to myself. My self-talk included me berating myself for information I didn't know and any tasks I didn't complete to the peak of my...
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Jacquelyn Revere 2:31 PM (4 minutes ago) to me My resentment of caregiving was holding me hostage…. My first year of caregiving wasn't a gentle ease into the process it was a huge thrust. I didn't watch symptoms slowly overtake...
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