Weekly Newsletter Issue #516

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Tuesday December 14, 2010 - Issue #516

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From The Editor

Gary and Morris

Creating Canine Caregivers

The phone rang as I was preparing to leave the office and drive upstate to host the 100th Fearless Caregiver Conference. I don’t exactly know why I didn’t let it go to voicemail. The car was packed and everyone was aboard except me. Morris, my puppy, was barking at all the commotion and I couldn’t get him settled down. When I picked up the phone, on the line was Bob Taylor, who started to tell an extremely interesting tale about his ability to train dogs to support our loved ones living with autism or Alzheimer’s disease.

When I told him that we were essentially out the door and I would call him back on my return, he offhandedly asked if we were bringing my dog (who he heard barking in the background). I said that would be challenging as Morris barks at wheelchairs and walkers. He responded that he could easily solve that issue…which stopped my exit from the building. What he said next made me sit down and talk with him in rapt attention for the next half hour. When I told him that Morris is the same breed as the dog in the movie As Good as It Gets, he replied that he had trained Jack Nicholson to handle dogs. He had my full attention....continued

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Sponsored Article

Training a Service Assistance Dog

By Bob Taylor, President, Dogwish, Inc.

What we do with our dogs is a life and death business. We realize that if we don’t train our dogs correctly, someone is going to die—either the dog or the handler. Because of this, our consciousness is sharp, focused, and intense on producing the needed results for our K9s through our training...continued

Feature Article

Animals as Caregivers

By Frances Maguire Paist

“It’s funny how dogs and cats know the insides of folks better than other folks do, isn’t it?” With those words written in 1912, Pollyanna author Eleanor Porter foreshadowed what many of our nation’s leading long-term care facilities have learned only recently, that animals hold the one of the keys to graceful aging....continued

Guest Column

My Mother's Creatures - Great and Small

By Felicia Mitchell

I love the story of Noah and his ark. I don’t care if the story is factual or not. What appeals to me is an ark full of animals under the care of loving humans, awash in waters blanketing an earth that needed a good cleaning. I like the happy ending when the dove returns.

My mother Audrey has always loved animals. After her children grew up and left home, she began to show loving concern for the animals around her, from adopted cats to mourning doves that perched on wires outside her house to a lizard she fed lettuce to in a jar top on her sun porch...continued

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Caretips

Tips: When Family Pets Can’t Move with Your Loved One

From David G in Oregon

The best of all possibilities is finding people in the community to take the pets; people who would visit with the pets. This would keep a connection between their new life and old; and seeing their pets would be a boost for them. As we age, we gain certain things and we lose certain things. ...continued

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I read your caregiver test and I have a question. My spouse was diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer's in '96. I took care of her for 12 years at home, until the dementia got worse and I couldn't handle her anymore.

Now, how do you become a caregiver for the caregiver when all your thoughts and energy are spent trying to keep her happy and comfortable in the assisted living facility? I visit her every day at lunchtime as she no longer feeds herself.

Any thoughts on this?

Bob

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Inside This Issue:

From the Editor

Creating Canine Caregivers

Sponsored Article
Training a Service Assistance Dog

Feature Article

Animals as Caregivers
Guest Column

My Mother's Creatures - Great and Small

Caretips

Tips: When Family Pets Can’t Move with Your Loved One
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