I find humor in hearing that April is Stress Awareness Month. As family caregivers, I do not think we need an ounce of help being aware of the heavy amount of stress upon us. A more fitting theme for this month would be Stress Management Month. We know we have caregiver stress that can show […]
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This post is sponsored by Clearday at Home™. All opinions and statements are my own. We have been living this pandemic life for over a year now. We have all had to create and adjust to our ‘new normal’ and find new ways to combat isolation, boredom, and physical inactivity. I know when I find
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March is Women’s History Month, or as I have heard it called before – Women’s HerStory Month. It is a month where we honor and celebrate the courageous and forward-thinking contributions women have made in our history. Currently, over 60% of family caregivers are women. Each of these women has a story worth sharing and
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a guest post written for Happy Healthy Caregiver by family caregiver, Dave Werner My wife, Susie, began to show signs of memory loss in 2016. When we took her to the doctor, they told us she was displaying early signs of dementia. Susie’s symptoms progressively got worse. Having never faced Alzheimer’s disease before, our family
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a guest post written for Happy Healthy Caregiver by Maria Lindbergh When discussing her end-of-life wishes, Granny left no room for doubt on her stance, “I never want to live in a nursing home! Put me down if it ever comes to that!” Granny was crystal clear about her desire to live at home with
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When I used to hear ‘twenty twenty’ my initial thoughts would have either been about the goal of perfect vision or the ABC long-running TV program 20/20. Now, I’ll forever be thinking about this pandemic year and all the accessories that came with it – masks, gloves, hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, and the lifestyle habits
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I enjoy year-end reflections and compilations. I’m always drawn to the People magazine year-end wrap-up edition and a good YouTube look back video. Today we get to turn that reflective lens to this blog. These are the 12 posts that accumulated the most page views during the calendar year beginning January 1, in order, most to
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This post is sponsored by HandsFree Health™. All opinions and statements are my own. WellBe® is a voice-enabled virtual health assistant created by HandsFree Health. Health is the key word which sets this virtual assistant apart from the others you may be familiar with like Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant. While WellBe can
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a guest post written by Gina Martin, found of the Bob & Diane Fund My name is Gina – and I am a daughter of Alzheimer’s. Saying this make me feel like one of those characters in a movie standing in front of a room full of addicts. Not that I would ever compare having
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This post is sponsored by Depend® Brand. All opinions and statements are my own. I want to share a FUN annual activity my family and I have been doing for the past three years. The name changes slightly every year but the concept is the same. It’s called ‘21 for 2021′ and it’s essentially where
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