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Kristi Gott

posted 05/26/2008, comments (0)

Multicultural, International Caregiving A Trend Today

As computers, media , travel, and migrations of people bring us closer to a world community, multicultural, international caregiving becomes a trend. There is a rich mozaic of elderly seniors from other countries. Their traditions and childhood memories represent part of history, and those of us who assist them are... Read more Chevron

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Cheryle Gartley

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posted 05/26/2008, comments (0)

Living with Quiggles: Life Lessons from Baseball

Stigma:1) The recognition of difference based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark2) A consequent devaluation of the person Quiggles: A made-up term (by famous sociologist, Erving Goffman) to identify all of the variations and difference of the human body which occur either from birth, daily wear and tear, accident, or... Read more Chevron

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Pat Rivera

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posted 05/24/2008, comments (0)

laying out the paper trail for my son-the family caregiver

In a worst case scenario, my youngest son would become the caregiver for three elders (in their 80s); his two grandmothers and a man who has been like his grandfather. We are putting together a book of instructions and documents so that he doesn't have to hunt through the accumulated clutter of five different people (me, my husband and the... Read more Chevron

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Dan Taylor

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posted 05/21/2008, comments (0)

If My Mom Were Here Today On This Mother's Day ...

If my mom were here today I wouldn't do too much differently than I ever did on Mother's Day but I would do the things I did more intently and with greater deliberateness and add some things: I would call her earlier instead of on my way home from somewhere as an afterthought. I would not forget that she hates cut flowers and... Read more Chevron

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lesley Arbour

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posted 05/13/2008, comments (0)

care for adult child

I am a retired nurse & mother of 42 year old daughter with secondary progressive MS; anyone else faced with the unique challenges of caregiving your adult child?

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