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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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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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4loveofstacey

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posted 07/29/2007, comments (4)

Is there anybody out there?

Sometimes I wonder if there is anyone out there who truly understands what it is like taking care of a loved one for so many years. Right now I feel so alone. I am very blessed to have a wonderful person that helps out with my daughter. I just wish my husband knew how to be supportive. Oh well, one... Read more Chevron

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Suzanne Mintz

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Taking an Interest in Family Caregivers

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 Chevron

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Cheryle Gartley

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Living With Quiggles: Do Not Touch

Stigma:1) the recognition of difference based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark;2) a consequent devaluation of the personQuiggles: a made-up term (by the 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 illness which... Read more Chevron

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