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Unhappy with a care agency or nursing home?
posted 9 months ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
What if you are unhappy with a care agency or home or suspect abuse?
Families get outside help for their loved ones for many reasons. Sometimes, they need regular breaks as they are the only person providing care, so they hire in-home agencies or...
Families get outside help for their loved ones for many reasons. Sometimes, they need regular breaks as they are the only person providing care, so they hire in-home agencies or...
Moving parents from unsafe homes
posted 9 months ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
What Do We Do When Behavior Is Beyond Our Ability?
posted about 1 year ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
What Do We Do When Our Elder's Behavior Is Beyond Our Ability To Cope?
Caregivers are only human. We generally get into caregiving for our elders because of our love for them. However, diseases such as dementia, Parkinson's disease and strokes, c...
Caregivers are only human. We generally get into caregiving for our elders because of our love for them. However, diseases such as dementia, Parkinson's disease and strokes, c...
Television news and dementia
posted about 1 year ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
Few people would argue that news – whether delivery is in the form of a newspaper, television or an Internet site, is generally led by catchy and often sensational headlines. Television, however, is the news-delivery system that has the most power...
When a Parent Doesn't Recognize You
posted about 1 year ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
How It Feels When a Parent with Alzheimer's Doesn't Recognize You
If we had to list examples of emotions by the distress they cause us, at the top of the list would be the experience of watching someone we love experience pain, whether it’s phys...
If we had to list examples of emotions by the distress they cause us, at the top of the list would be the experience of watching someone we love experience pain, whether it’s phys...
Young people deserve age-appropriate surroundings
posted about 1 year ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
Young people deserve age-appropriate surroundings when they need nursing home care
Years ago, my friend and neighbor, Joe, for whom I was a primary caregiver, broke his hip. Joe, a man in his eighties, went from the hospital to a nursing home, whe...
Years ago, my friend and neighbor, Joe, for whom I was a primary caregiver, broke his hip. Joe, a man in his eighties, went from the hospital to a nursing home, whe...
Touch, voice and family love can create “miracles”
posted about 1 year ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
In the recent tragedy that occurred in Tucson, Arizona, where a young man opened fire on a community event, killing six and wounding 13, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head. Most medical people were pretty well convinced that if Giffords ...
“Share Why You Care” Contest Underway
posted about 1 year ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
“Share Why You Care” Contest Underway: Help Others by Telling Your Story
Eldercarelink.com wants to know your story. We want to have others who share this caregiver journey to know your story, as well. To give you a platform for telling your stor...
Eldercarelink.com wants to know your story. We want to have others who share this caregiver journey to know your story, as well. To give you a platform for telling your stor...
Helpful Tool for Coping with Grief
posted about 1 year ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
“Lessons in Loss and Living” Helpful Tool for Coping with Grief
The only way that I’m aware of to avoid grief is to never feel love. Since most of us wouldn’t choose to go through life never loving, we will likely, at one time or another, have to...
The only way that I’m aware of to avoid grief is to never feel love. Since most of us wouldn’t choose to go through life never loving, we will likely, at one time or another, have to...
Handling the Anger: Why Is Mom So Defensive?
posted about 1 year ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
I often hear about elders becoming difficult and even abusive toward their adult children just at the time the elders need help. Mom and daughter always got along well, but suddenly Mom is telling her daughter she's too bossy and wants to run her ...
