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Dan Taylor

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posted 02/25/2008, comments (0)

Procrastination in Care Giving is Exhausting

One of the first things you come to realize as a care giver is that the minutes go by much faster than before. It becomes very apparent very quickly that merely good intentions to get something done is not enough. This is never more true than when your own family and responsibilities seem to be coming a distant second to the care giver role.... Read more Chevron

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Cheryle Gartley

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Living with Quiggles: Trying to Pass as Normal

Stigma:1) The recognition of difference based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark;2) A consequent devaluation of the person Quiggles: A made-up term (by famous sociologist, Erving Goffman) to identify all of the variations and differences of the human body which occur either from birth, daily wear and tear, accident, or illness... Read more Chevron

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Dan Taylor

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posted 01/29/2008, comments (0)

Protect the Home Equity of Your Parents

There are a number of interesting forces aggregating out there to make the protecting of the equity in your parent's home even more challenging. Make some good decisions here and you will reap the benefit. Make bad decisions and you will deal with them for years to come. Here's how all this is playing out: Real Estate Values: The... Read more Chevron

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Suzanne Mintz

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posted 01/12/2008, comments (2)

My 2008 Wish List

In keeping with New Year Tradition here is my take off on the ever-present Ins and Outs Lists. Mine is called: A Short List of What Is and What I Hope will Be in 2008 WHAT ISPresidential candidates are starting to talk about family caregivers WHAT I HOPE WILL BEThe newly elected president makes improving chronic long-term care a priority... Read more Chevron

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posted 01/02/2008, comments (0)

New Year's Resolutions for Caregivers

I love January the first. It's like the greatest day of the year. First of all, it's the great "do over". No matter what the last 365 days were like the first of January is the Great Eraser. Everyone gets a new start. So, if you're a caregiver and had a good year or you're a caregiver and had a bad year, here are my... Read more Chevron

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