I recently came across an article on the NYTimes Caregiving Blog about Obama and McCain’s views on long-term care. In lieu of my recent post regarding this topic, I wanted to share this article as well as some of my personal views on the subject. Both presidential candidates say they plan on making changes to improve long-term [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Caregiving and Long-Term Care: Obama vs. McCain
Posted in Topics, tagged caregivers, caregiving, income for caregivers, long-term care, long-term health care insurance, Obama vs McCain on Saturday, August 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Caregiving-The Truth Behind Health Insurance Coverage
Posted in Topics, tagged caregiver, caregivers, caregiving, disability, elder care, health insurance, stroke on Sunday, August 24, 2008 | 8 Comments »
In a world of increasing health care problems, with elder care and caregiving growing perhaps as fast as gas prices- having good health insurance means a lot more now than just having a low copay. It’s clear that the kind of health insurance you have has a huge impact on the the kind of care you [...]
Caregiver Anticipatory Grief
Posted in Topics, tagged anticipating grief, caregiver grief, caregiving, grief on Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Caregiver Anticipatory Grief. I am so glad someone finally gave a title to a feeling that I, like many other caregivers, go through. Pamela Larsen Schroeder, a fellow caregiver and a Health & Wellness Coach, wrote a great post and finally shed some light on this matter.
“It is so wonderful to see the genuine affection [...]
The emotional rollercoaster of caregiving
Posted in Topics, tagged caregiving on Sunday, August 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The emotional roller-coaster of caregiving is a topic that could endlessly be talked about and yet never gets old. My journey started suddenly when I, an only child, was thrust into the role of caregiver after my 57 year old mother had a massive stroke. During the first few months, in the midst of absolute chaos, [...]
My caregiver story
Posted in My Story, tagged caregiver, caregiver support, caregiving, My Story on Saturday, August 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
PART TWO of MY STORY (Continued from Part One of My Story. )
Back to my story…so my mom was in the rehab hospital working on various kinds of therapy. She had had a massive stroke on the left side of her brain, which left her right-side paralyzed along with 100% loss of her speech. I went [...]
Blame the Caregiver
Posted in A Day in the Life, tagged caregiver blame, caregiver guilt, caregivers on Saturday, August 2, 2008 | 7 Comments »
As caregivers, we often (if not always) put our loved ones first. We do everything we can to help out the person we are caring for. We help them with meals, we take them to doctors, we drive them where they need to go and most of all we are there for every accomplishment and [...]
