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Talking Care
Winging my way across the friendly skies
after spending the day in a room filled with highly motivated
family caregivers in Connecticut, I feel free to reflect on the
day. The event in
question was the third annual caregiver appreciation day hosted
by the good folks at the Eastern Connecticut Health Network. And the
event certainly lived up to its name.
After my session, the caregivers were feted with a
terrific lunch and then able to have a massage, visit with
make-up experts, play with two lovely service dogs (guess what I
chose to do) and/or continue a conversation with yours truly.
I believe that most attendees availed themselves of all
of the above choices.
During my general session, I discussed the
Reverse Gift List and asked them to write out an abbreviated
version which we could share with one another.
I have found that when I ask this of a group, there does
seem to be a similar theme running through the conference room.
In past cities, it has been asking people to help with
the laundry, getting handy friends to do small fix-it jobs
around the house or even, grocery shopping.
This day, nearly every answer pertained to talking.
Asking the kids to call their caregiving or care
recipient parents, having friends stop by to chat or my
favorite, the lady whose worksheet stated:
Son as a person
she trusted to help and
calling when her husband was watching the ball game so they can
share the experience, as the thing he can do to help. The
next line stated:
daughter-in-law as
person she could trust and
talk as the thing she could do to help.
Except in this case, there was one extra line which
stated: too much. When I asked her
what that meant, she said although she would want her
daughter-in-law to call to talk, she usually talked too much.
Oh well, who said you can’t have too much of a good
thing?
Take care
Gary Barg
Editor-in-Chief
gary@caregiver.com
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Feature
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It's About Life |
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By
Betsy Murphy, FNP, CHPN |
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Only 10 percent of Americans will die suddenly. The
remainder of us (90 percent) will decline slowly,
growing weaker until we die.. ...Continued
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There Are No Easy Answers |
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By:
Peter Ganther
I heard this comment by Dr. Joy Brown, a radio
psychologist, one evening on my way home from work:
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Caregiver Story |
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The Value of Friendship |
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By Marlene Pyle |
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I’ve learned many things since I began taking care of my
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My name is K and am a caregiver for both my parents, one
health issues, Mom, the other, Dad, Alz. My question to
you is whether video taping a conversation with a doctor would
be helpful in so far as showing it to my Dad when he disagrees
with what we are telling him.
In this specific instance,
it is his drivers license. Both my Mom and myself are
dealing with his self denial of his ability to drive and/or the
reason why his license was suspended. His constant verbal
assaults on my Mom drives her crazy. I suggested video.
She wanted me to ask you. So I'm asking. I don't
expect a response anytime soon because I know you must be busy.
Thanks for listening anyway.
Answer This Week's CareNote:
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