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For the new caregivers...every month I post this list of tasks to get organized.....in addition to our caregving, we need to maintain our lives. Here are some daily reminders.

____ Nov 1 Daylight Saving Time Ends. If you didn’t already
do that before bed last night, move your clocks back one
hour. Now is also a good time to change the batteries in
your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.

____ Nov 2 Put up bird feeders in your yard. In addition to
a seed mix rich in sunflower seeds, hang suet blocks when
below freezing temperatures hit.

____ Nov 3 Clean out your medicine cabinet. Get rid of
expired medications (check with your pharmacist for safe
disposal instructions) and replenish your supply of cotton
swabs and cotton balls, along with bandages and first aid
creams.

____ Nov 4 If you haven’t already, switch out your summer
clothing. It’s time to pack those away and dig out the cold
weather wardrobe. Before packing away the summer clothes,
make sure they are clean and repaired. It will save you
steps in the spring.

____ Nov 5 Move your house plants closer to windows to
maximize their exposure to the sun. Don’t forget to scale
back on the amount of watering and fertilizer that you use
as their growth slows.

Today was my husband, Albie's birthday. You all knew him and here is a photo with his cake in 2007. I love this picture!

Nov 8
Are you planning a live tree (either with a root
ball or in a container) for Christmas? Now is the time to
prepare the hole for planting, before the ground freezes.
Be sure to put your fill in the garage or basement to avoid
it freezing.

Are you even having a Christmas tree this year? I am not sure I will go to the trouble.

Millions of people are engaged in the care giving career and many are depressed by their jobs according to experts. This is an expected result of years of having to see other people or worse their own family members going through the aging process. You see all the time they are degrading till their death.

The loss of a loved one can be called a resurrection indeed for both patient and the caregiver for the punishment of stress and the work involved can be inconsolable.

Physical contact is the major cause of depression for in such close proximity, caregivers cannot distance themselves form their patients. True to this, there needs to be a relationship that should be nurtured if you are to succeed in your job as caregiver and companion.

More and more people are opting to care for their aging loved ones which saves them money but this becomes more taxing on them for their family member cannot be distanced for their personal lives.

Stress is a major concern so relief is needed however short it is. Counseling is also a good idea if you are having difficulty with such a relationship with a loved one and best be done through the many organizations who tackle the said task such as FamilyCaregiverAlliance.org who have people who can relate and thus better understand your concerns.

Have you ever talked to your doctor about the stress and sadness that comes with caregiving? What seems to help you?

Then someone sent me this



Eddie Haskell, The Beaver and Wally!

HOLY CRAP!! Are we REALLY that Old???

Glad to be back online with you all. I took some time from Eons to ask myself important questions and deal with issues that will affect my future and my family's future. Maybe this makes no sense to anyone else but I had to withdraw inward to be able to once again blossom outward. I don't want to be a drag to anyone or may anyone feel like they are a burden to me.

Things are going well, I'm happy to report. My son (disabled mildly-autistic/26 yr old) is doing well as are my folks. Looking forward to 2010.

I think this may be a good theme song for Caregivers. What do you think?? See first reply.

You are invited to join The Comfort for Caregivers Telesummit. We are holding a series of teleseminar calls with 19 experts during the first three weeks of November. You will be able to listen to the calls for free. There are also other paid options if you want to download the calls and others additional bonuses.

We have a great line up of speakers. See our line up of speakers and register at

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Hope that you can join us!

I have a friend in her 70's in Port Angeles, Washington, who is going to be needing a very inexpensive place to live. Right now she is shivering in another friend's garage, but the house is going on the market and she will be homeless. She uses a breathing machine at night so she needs electricity. Her friend where she's been staying is in her 80's and will probably go into assisted living, so my dear friend won't have any where to turn. She doesn't feel she can travel far and hopes to stay in the Port Angeles area, otherwise I would try and talk her into coming and staying with me. She doesn't think she could take the summers here though (SE AZ). She's been on a list for public housing but there's still a lot of people ahead of her.
If anyone knows anyone who might be able to help this sweet soul, please private email me. Thanks a bunch.

Hello Fellow Caregivers;
My husband has lung cancer and they don't give him more than 2 yrs to live. He is 60 and I am 53. He was diagnosed on our 10th wedding anniversary. He has had chemo and radiation (it had spread to his brain). He is now on the waiting time before they give him another CT scan in November. That will tell if the cancer has started growing again. It had went down by over 50% at the point they had to stop the chemo because he was to weak. He is 6' and weighs about 117lbs. He sleeps so much and won't eat, plus if I keep after him to eat, he gets mad at me. I got that bad flu in Sept. and then this month I had a severe sinus and bronchitous. The doctor has me on meds so I am ok. (I know it is because of stress that I get these things), but I don't want to complain, because I know his worries are so much greater than mine.
I thank you for letting me into your group. I was in before, but my computer crashed and I had to rejoin under my new email address after I had the computer rebuilt. nanabirdie915