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Taking Care of the Folks
http://www.takingcareofthefolks.com
Education, encouragement, empathy, and effective strategies for those adult children who are caring for an aging parent or loved one.
Recent Posts
Alzheimer’s Awareness: Why Bother ?
Today, I’m delited to present as a guest blogger, Dennis Fortier, editor of the Brain Today Blog and President of Medical Care Corporation. “As we enter into National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, you may wonder whywe should bother pro...
Contest -WHY are you a caregiver?
In honor of National Caregiver’s Month, I too, wanted to sponsor a contest. There will be 3 chances to win. The Grand Prize will be this lovely gift basket courtesy of Lambs and Ivy Gift Baskets containing pampering items for the care ...
What is a Death Doula ?
Having worked as a registered nurse in the nursery/NICU (neonatal ICU) for many years, I have become familiar with birthing doulas who are non-medical personnel that undergo special training to help Moms through the labour process. Generall...
Chance to Win a Caregiver’s Night Out
I just received a letter from Allison Martin of the Zeno Group which has in its line of items, the Tena group of incontinence products. Because November is National Caregiver’s Month, they are sponsoring a sweepstakes that will award 40 l...
Laughter is Great Medicine
Norman Cousins, author, journalist and an adjunct professor at The School of Medicine at UCLA , described in his book “Anatomy of an Illness” how laughter helped relieve the pain he suffered from a collagen disease and then later a fo...
Aging (and Dying) in Place
I need to apologize for my lack of frequent blogging over the past month. Since my father’s passing, I have been struggling about my focus here. I absolutely want to continue to provide caregivers with education and encouragement so that I ca...
