When I woke up this morning, I was crying. I had been dreaming about my father (who passed away at the end of September). I recall that in my dream, he was not alive and was propped in a chair. I was crying, saying “I’m SO sorry; I didn’t know.”
Ironically, I know exactly what I didn’t know in [...]
A friend of mine received the following letter from an 80 year old friend of hers. Because of its message, we thought it was important to share.
“Dear Kendra,
We are very sad about our granddaughter and her husband. Her name is Jessica. She was our lst grandchild and we spoiled her the most. Since getting married [...]
According to Geoff Bernhardt, an elder law attorney in Portland, Oregon, a recent article in US News & World Report states that “more than 50 million family members provide more than 300 billion a year in uncompensated care to family members.” This care is frequently provided by an adult child who has either moved back [...]
I attended a class on dementia this week given by our local Alzheimer’s Association. It was a very informative class and I was priviledged to sit close to a lovely senior lady whose husband suffers from dementia and now lives in an assisted living facility.
Guilt is an almost inevitable part of caring for aging parents. Whether it’s the feeling of not providing enough care, having to restrict the use of automobiles, or power tools for safety reasons, leaving the house without the elder, exchanging angry words when caught in the frustration and fatigue of the moment or the placing [...]
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