Family caregivers are under constant scrutiny from people living in the margins or completely disconnected from their daily reality.
People judge us for how we spend our loved ones'
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Quality of Life
The H-Word (or Why I Haven’t told the Whole World my grandma’s on Hospice)
Hospice.
The utterance of “hospice” typically unleashes a wave of alarms that pulses through a family’s social
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Helping a loved one manage rental properties… is it right for your family?
If you’ve just begun helping an older relative or having conversations about the future, you may have found out that
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PRESENTING.. The Long Term Care Calculator!
I created this calculator long ago before I brought in her Sidekicks to help me see how much it would cost.
Instead
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Long Term Care Explained
“Long term care” is a term you might have heard if you’ve ever interacted with the health care system or aging services.
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If you care for someone with dementia, you need this book
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Extreme Respite Room Makeover
A month or so ago, my grandma had a bowel blockage that had her feeling awful. We had to keep a pretty close eye on her,
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Barbara’s Sidekicks: the ladies making our everyday lives possible.
In the beginning, it was just me and Gma.
After a couple years of going to work, going to Grandma's, coming home and
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What Barbara & Rachel have been up to
Dear family and friends,
Things have been going well. This month was our first full month with a full team of
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May is Older Americans Month. Why should you care? #OAM
As of 2016, the population of people in the United States was about 15%. That means 1 in 7 people are over 65. By 2030,
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