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Cathrynn

posted 09/06/2007, comments (0)

I want to continue enjoying my caregiving experience

I am a 66 year old woman caring for my 90 year old mother, who is quite amazing - lives around ten minutes away by car in her own flat. She is getting much more disabled, with dreadful back pain and registered partially sighted with macular degeneration. We are very close but as she has become much more needy, very very dependent, my... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/24/2007, comments (0)

CareShare

I would like to invite all caregivers to visit CareShare, at forums.delphiforums.com/careshare. It's a forum where caregivers can ask, share, support, and even gripe.Caregiving is tough enough...why go through it alone. You may also be interested in viewing some of the old posts, dating back to 2001. I think that you may be able to... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/21/2007, comments (0)

insurance for a pre existing condition

My current boyfriend has cystic fibrosis and was just recently cancelled by his private insurance carrier. I'm wondering what options are out there for him being that he has $1000 in prescription costs a month alone, so it would be pretty much impossible for him to go the six month waiting period that most insurance companies... Read more Chevron

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Suzanne Mintz

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Tipping Point

I think we've reached the tipping point or are very close to it -- finally the link between family caregivers and chronic illness seems to have been made. Hallelujah! Case in point -- all of the following happened in July. INTEL sponsored a program entitled: Chronic Illness at the Crossroads and family caregiving ended up... Read more Chevron

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Mary Fallon

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posted 08/13/2007, comments (0)

battle for at-home care

Every state treats paying for caregiving the same - it's a battle to get financial help if you want to care 24/7 for a family member with developmental disabilities. In all states, a person who is "entitled" to a bed in a state hospital, which are shutting down, is likely eligible but NOT entitled to state-managed MediCade funds for... Read more Chevron

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