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I heard it in her voice. She never asked me to return and
help, but I knew by the distress in her voice that things
were not as rosy back home as I had thought. The year was
1994, and I was living in Atlanta, Georgia. My mom had been
primary caregiver for my Dad and my grandparents over the
past few years and over those years, I would return home as
often as possible to help in whatever way I could. But, this
late August night, I heard something in her voice that made
me realize that more was needed of me, and fast. I thought I
would spend about a month in Miami, where my mom and the
rest of my family lived; help my mom care for my
grandparents and then return home to Atlanta. Simple, right?
Not really. Within minutes of returning to Miami,
I found myself wondering how my mom was able to do
all she had been doing as a caregiver. It was in and
out of doctors' offices, endless hours on the phone
with insurance companies, midnight dashes to the
hospital, life and death decisions, heartaches and
stress. And we were not alone. Not by a long shot.
We would find plenty of other people like us,
rushing around trying to do the best for their loved
ones with little or no information, but always with
enough time to share whatever information they
learned which they thought would be of value to
fellow caregivers. We decided to do something to
help others as they were helping us. The first issue
of Today's Caregiver magazine debuted July fourth,
1995 (our own independence day), caregiver.com was
born shortly thereafter and the "Fearless Caregiver"
annual caregivers conferences began in 1998. We have
met thousands of dedicated professional and family
caregivers, interviewed over 100 celebrity
caregivers and hopefully helped a few caregivers
along the way. I know that the caregivers we've met
have been of invaluable help to us as family
caregivers.
Even though we have been "out here" since the mid-Nineties, we know that
this is just the beginning. We are proud to have been able to bring
together some of the brightest and most caring people to write for
caregiver.com and
Today's Caregiver magazine and to speak at our conferences. We
invite you to take advantage of their wisdom and e-mail us your
questions, join our free internet newsletters and interact with the
other caregivers visiting caregiver.com. We welcome you to our home
on the Internet, hope you stick around a while and look forward to
helping you in any way possible.
Gary Barg
Editor-in-Chief
gary@caregiver.com
