Caregiving Category

Interview With Dr. Cynthia Geppert, Chief of Consultation Psychiatry and Ethics, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System (podcast 10:42 playing time) What is the duty of family caregivers? Are children raised to care for their elders? What duty do parents have to their children? Are spo...

  Family caregivers ask how to manage caregiving and a stress filled life. Caregivers young and old face similar challenges in caring for aging parents, grandparents, siblings, and others. Caregivers work long hours at 9-5 jobs and then come home or go to the homes of loved ones to work anothe...

  Resilience is a learned skill that allows us to “bounce back” when things don’t go our way; a flat tire, an argument with a family member, a parent or loved one who refuses help, an unexpected medical diagnoses, a client who tells us we did not meet their expectations, a friend who al...

  By Pamela D Wilson MS, BS/BA, CSA, NCG How often do caregivers feel that they are constantly running from place to place with a never ending to do list? A list of “to dos” that is rarely completed while an aging parent is waiting on the other end demanding time and attention? If you are ...

  Every generation uses the phrase “kids today” with a tone of disappointment. After all, the generation in which we were born is always the greatest. It's those that come after us that we see as the problem.  In discussing subjects related to caregiving, it is helpful to learn about dif...

There is no perfect time to make caregiving decisions, especially when no choice is ideal. Unexpected situations, misinformation, feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, angry, fearful, stuck between a rock and a hard place, a lack of planning, and trying to figure out what were parents or car...

  Has a doctor or a healthcare professional told you that parents need 24-hour care and expect you to know what they mean? Acronyms or abbreviations are often used in the care system that consumers or patients don't understand. Family caregivers may be unsure what to do when told that elderly ...

Suggestions without a plan for implementation offer little success. What questions must you ask when “care” is suggested?...

    A meal site volunteer called to ask my assistance when she received a call from a woman who said she had no food and needed groceries.  The volunteer provided a telephone number saying that the woman was at a neighbor’s house and did not have her own telephone. I called Mrs. Smi...

May, one of the finest months of spring is the month of Mother’s Day.  For those of us who have lost a mother, this day ceases to be a day of celebration and becomes a day of remembrance. If we are a mother and have children it is both a day of celebration and remembrance.  My mother passed...