Posted in Assisted living issues, Companion Care, Elder Care, Elder Law, End of life, End of life issues, Home Health Care, In-Home Caregivers, Long Term Care Planning, Mom and Dad, Personal Care, Spirituality of Elder Care, The Politics of Elder Care, adult children, aging parents, ailing parents, baby boomers, book, caregiving, caretakers, choosing a Nursing Home, coaching, daily life, dementia, disability, family, generation, health, health and illness, healthcare, helping aging parents, helping ailing parents, home nursing, hospice issues, hospital issues, life, musings, nursing care, nursing homes, parenting your parent, people, recommendation, rehabilitation, relationships, relections, sandwich generation, stroke, therapy, thoughts, tagged parents, eldercare, love, family, baby boomers, rehabilitation, nursing care, caregivers, Mom and Dad, life, home healthcare, helping, aging, ailing, illness, dying, grief, loss, passing, death, sandwich generation on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An aging, ailing, and dying parents handbook could certainly provide some useful information so that baby boomer “children” don’t have to re-invent the wheel on taking care of parents…with recommendation for book endorsed by AARP
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Posted in Blogroll, End of life, End of life issues, Spirituality of Elder Care, adult children, aging parents, ailing parents, baby boomers, caregiving, family, life, philosophy on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This meditation on dying came from a friend whose beloved mother just died. When we become aware that a parent is about to die, thoughts such as these can be most comforting:
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the [...]
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Posted in Elder Care, End of life, End of life issues, Home Health Care, Mom and Dad, Spirituality of Elder Care, adult children, aging parents, ailing parents, aphasia, baby boomers, caregiving, coaching, family, health and illness, helping aging parents, helping ailing parents, life, parenting your parent, sandwich generation, tagged dying, abandonment, widow, grief, loss, passing, death, denial on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dad died on April 12 of this year. He and Mom were at home with friends enjoying conversation along with coffee and macaroons at their dining room table…one of Dad’s favorite activities ever. All four were having a lively chat about the state of the world, another of Dad’s favorite activities, although now [...]
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Posted in Elder Care, End of life issues, Long Term Care Planning, Mom and Dad, Personal Care, Spirituality of Elder Care, adult children, aging parents, ailing parents, baby boomers, caregiving, caretakers, coaching, family, health and illness, healthcare, helping aging parents, helping ailing parents, life, parenting your parent, philosophy, sandwich generation on September 14, 2007 | 5 Comments »
With the Jewish High Holy Days and the Muslim month of Ramadan overlapping for the second time in two years, this year seems particularly auspicious for reflecting on the question of Baby Boomers’ responsibility to provide health and other care for our aging or ailing parents.
Why should we care for our parents or other [...]
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