Posted in Elder Care, Elder Law, In-Home Caregivers, Long Term Care Planning, Spirituality of Elder Care, The Politics of Elder Care, adult children, aging parents, ailing parents, baby boomers, caregiving, caretakers, daily life, disability, family, health, health and illness, healthcare, healthcare debate, healthcare reform, helping aging parents, helping ailing parents, life, musings, my life, philosophy, relections, thoughts, tagged parents, eldercare, family, baby boomers, in-home care, caregivers, home healthcare, aging, ailing, illness, disability, denial on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What’s all this I hear about “death panels”, forced abortions, and mandatory sex change operations? Has the country I used to know gone AWOL? Come on, folks, get real. No one wants to kill Grandma, and no one wants to abandon disabled children. As a matter of fact, the current situation is causing both the elderly and the disabled to suffer needlessly.
We have before us an immense dilemma and an extraordinary opportunity.
The dilemma is that our current healthcare system is ailing and getting sicker by the day.
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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, Home Health Care, In-Home Caregivers, Mom and Dad, adult children, aging parents, ailing parents, aphasia, baby boomers, caregiving, coaching, disability, family, health and illness, healthcare, helping aging parents, helping ailing parents, life, nursing care, philosophy, rehabilitation, sandwich generation, stroke, therapy, tagged stroke, parents, eldercare, family, baby boomers, therapy, sandwich generaation, rehabilitation, nursing care, in-home care, caregivers, Mom and Dad, life, home healthcare, helping, aging, ailing, illness, disability, aphasia on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a year since Dad returned home from the stroke rehab hospital. He’s still dealing with 12 hours a week of dyalisis which leaves him fatiqued and often depressed, but he and Mom continue to enjoy life’s gifts. They spend time with friends and family, go to parties, entertain in their home, frequently dine [...]
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Posted in Assisted living issues, Elder Care, Mom and Dad, Spirituality of Elder Care, adult children, aging parents, ailing parents, aphasia, baby boomers, caregiving, caretakers, disability, family, health and illness, helping aging parents, helping ailing parents, life, parenting your parent, philosophy, rehabilitation, sandwich generation, stroke, therapy, tagged baby boomers, eldercare, family, love, parents on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been “missing in action” for a while. Everything’s okay…even great in some ways. It’s been a busy few months, and my head has been elsewhere.
I visited Mom and Dad in December, and it was a wonderful reunion. Dad has lost a lot of weight (that’s a good thing), but he does look old to [...]
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Posted in Elder Care, Mom and Dad, Spirituality of Elder Care, adult children, aging parents, ailing parents, aphasia, baby boomers, caregiving, family, health and illness, helping aging parents, helping ailing parents, life, philosophy, stroke, therapy, tagged gift, gratitude, miracles, stroke on September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I took a few minutes this afternoon to call Mom and Dad to see how they were doing. The in-home healthcare aide had just gone home, and Mom was fixing dinner. Mom put Dad on the phone, and he sounded GREAT!
It’s been over six months now since Dad’s stoke, and he’s still doing daily physical therapy, occupational [...]
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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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Posted in Assisted living issues, Elder Care, Home Health Care, In-Home Caregivers, Long Term Care Planning, Mom and Dad, Spirituality of Elder Care, adult children, aging parents, ailing parents, aphasia, baby boomers, caregiving, choosing a Nursing Home, coaching, dementia, disability, family, health and illness, healthcare, helping aging parents, helping ailing parents, home nursing, life, nursing care, nursing homes, parenting your parent, philosophy, rehabilitation, sandwich generation, stroke, therapy on September 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Now that Dad is home from stroke rehab again, I’ve had the luxury of reflecting on the early days following his stroke, when my siblings, my mom, and I had to decide where he would go when he no longer needed to be hospitalized. For the time being, that chapter in our lives is past, and thankfully so, [...]
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Posted in Caregiver or Caretaker?, Elder Care, Spirituality of Elder Care, adult children, aging parents, ailing parents, baby boomers, caregiving, caretakers, coaching, family, helping aging parents, helping ailing parents, life, parenting your parent, philosophy, sandwich generation on September 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have to say that watching Dad age in the past year has had its ups and downs. Dads are supposed to be there always, to be the strong ones, to take care of you no matter what. So when Dad had his stroke, it took some adjusting to the role reversal. Now I get to [...]
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It happened at midnight on Friday. I checked it out for myself, so I know for sure that it’s true. Time came to an end. Yup…no more time. Until the moment the calendar flipped over to September 1st, you could call a local number and hear in dulcet, somewhat Southern tones, “At the beep, the [...]
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