Suzanne Mintz
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time on Capitol Hill lately, meeting with Democratic and Republican legislators in the House and Senate, and I’m happy to report that there is definitely interest in helping family caregivers. In fact, NFCA has identified 15 bills introduced between January and April of this year that... Read more
If, as Woody Allen says 90% of life is showing up, I think we can draw a parallel and say a big percentage of our experience as family caregivers is our attitude. I’m not going to hazard a guess and put a number to it. Woody Allen is a comic and was going for a laugh. Being a family caregiver is nothing to laugh about. I was... Read more
We caregivers are always thinking about how to keep our loved one’s safe, but we rarely - if ever - think about the consequences to them if something should happen to us. Although we know there is no rule that says family caregivers can’t get sick or hurt, for some reason we think bad things are never going to happen to us. It will... Read more
My husband Steven has a history of bladder stones. The first time one was discovered, it was the size of those small foil-wrapped chocolate Easter eggs. As far as bladder stones go, it was quite large and had to be removed surgically. Since the discovery of that first bladder stone, Steven has gotten an annual sonogram to catch any stones early,... Read more
Have you ever experienced “Burnout?" We all hear about it, but have you ever experienced it? I went through 30 years of caregiving and experienced lots of stress and anger and anguish, but someone managed to avoid getting burned out. That was until the fall of 2005. I crashed. That’s the simplest way to explain it. But recognizing it, I... Read more
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