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Caregiving: My Story
I find myself on yet another plane heading back to Arizona from a business trip to Washington, DC with trepidation and a tight feeling in my heart; very concerned about in what condition I’ll find my...
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Caregiver Meltdown
There I was in the middle of Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, when I was told I was 8 minutes too late to check my bag for the flight. I was trying to get to Indianapolis for a memorial service for my...
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The Best Cars for Caregivers
This is a guest blog post from Jamie Page Deaton, the Managing Editor of the U.S. News Best Cars rankings. Having owned everything from mid-eighties Volvo station wagons to BMWs, pickup trucks, and...
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Part II: A Caregiver’s Christmas Wish List
While the intangibles in my Caregiver’s Christmas Wish List post last week are at the top of my list, there are, of course, some pretty darn tangible items I’d also love to have as a caregiver! Here is...
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Widowers Stick Together
When you’re a man grieving the death of your wife or partner, casseroles just don’t cut it. They have to deal with their loss and adjust to a different life. In the old days, if you were a guy, you...
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4 Tough Decisions I’ve Made as a Caregiver
We spent many happy days at our farm. Selling it was one of the hardest decisions as a caregiver. As a caregiver, I make a hundred decisions on my parents’ behalf every week. Whenever possible, I make...
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Dangerous Caregivers: Few Agencies Screen Workers
The person you hire from an agency to take care of your ailing, aging family member — shouldn’t that caregiver have passed a federal background check? Or drug testing? Or be screened for skills and...
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When the Caregiver Doesn’t Take Care of Herself
Right now my Biofreeze pain reliever and my packing tape are my best friends! It’s a subtle thing. It happens bit by bit…it creeps up and then one time too many of lifting the wheelchair into the trunk...
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Caregiving and Learning to Breathe
One goes through so many emotions as a caregiver- fear, sadness, anger, joy, surprise, just to name a few- but the one emotion I probably felt most often was simply, overwhelmed. That single feeling of...
View ArticleOlder, Homeless, No Family Caregiver — What Do They Do?
Get ready to see more older homeless men and women on the street. Since most don’t have families or are estranged from them, there’s no family caregiver. Here’s a TED talk that gives perspective on...
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Cromwell, Bujold, and Longtime Love
James Cromwell and Genevieve Bujold in “Still Mine” He’s played memorable supporting roles in more than 160 movies—and was even nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar after costarring with a pig...
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What Are We Willing—and Not Willing—to Do for Mom and Dad?
How do we view our role in taking care of our parents? Are we willing to help them out financially? What about having them move in with us? And, what are our expectations for our own children when we...
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Who Cares? Boomers Don’t Want to Live With Their Adult Kids, Either
Guess what Millennials? Your boomer parents aren’t dying to move in with you if they need care in retirement. That’s one of the takeaways of a new study. (With three young adult children, that’s what...
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The CARE Act: Caring for Family Caregivers
My sister Linda and me (far left) with Mom and Pop I was a family caregiver for my Mom and Pop for more than 15 years. After all they’d done for me, it was my pleasure to care for them. Through the...
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Muhammad Ali’s Fight and his Caregiving Champ: Lonnie Ali Shares her Story...
If you haven’t seen the cover of June’s AARP’s Bulletin, look closely. The handsome man on the front is a fighter, survivor and a legend. Muhammad Ali, who floated and stung his way to the world...
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Sometimes Family Caregivers Need a Break
My Mom and Pop Every day for eight years, my Pop provided hands-on care for my mom, who faced a number of physical challenges. At age 90, Pop was still helping Mom out of bed into her wheelchair,...
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States Move to Support Working Family Caregivers
Juggling work and family caregiving responsibilities is stressful, even overwhelming, because most workplaces aren’t “caregiver friendly.” I hear this all the time from my friends and colleagues who...
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Family Caregivers at Work
Through the years, I’ve had to take time off from work to care for my mom and pop. And I’ve always been grateful that I worked for an employer that allowed me to take sick leave or to telework in order...
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Help for Family Caregivers
While traveling to Erie, Pa., for a town meeting on family caregiving, I was reflecting on my family roots. A little more than 100 years ago, my Lithuanian grandparents immigrated to America and made...
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39 States and Counting: Caregiving Across State Lines
I was a long-distance caregiver for my parents for nearly 15 years. Through illness, surgery and rehabilitation, I helped them stay out of institutional care, like a nursing home, and instead remain at...
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