Medicare just launched a new feature on their website, called “Ask Medicare“. This section is specifically for caregivers. This website includes Medicare basics, help on long-term care plans, options on at home or facility care, and resources for local support. This information is very useful if your loved one currently has Medicare or may be [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Medicare launches new website to aid caregivers
Posted in Topics, tagged caregiver support, caregiving, medicare, medicare aid on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Caregiver’s First Family Get Together
Posted in A Day in the Life, tagged caregiver, stroke on Thursday, September 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This weekend, my mom and I will be going up to New Hampshire for my aunt’s wedding. This will be our first family get together since her stroke, almost a year ago. I am nervous! There are the logistics- the 4 hour drive for us and our two dogs, all the bags, the special need’s equipment [...]
Bittersweet Moments in a Caregivers Life
Posted in A Day in the Life, tagged caregiver, caregiver grief, caregivers life, caregiving, chronic illness on Monday, September 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
There are moments in my caregiving life where I can just live in the moment. In these moments, come clarity and hope- for myself, for my mom, and for life. And just as suddenly as these moments come, they leave, to be replaced by a bittersweet feeling.
I had a beautiful weekend with my mom. I had put [...]
