By Pamela D. Wilson, CSA, MS, BS/BA Birthdays come and go and time flies before we realize. We buy a home; have children, save for college, retirement and other expenses. But many of us fail to consider the importance of protecting our independence when we retire,... Read more
By Pamela D. Wilson, CSA, MS, BS/BA, CG The mother of a client was diagnosed with cancer about a month ago. There are four children, two sisters and two brothers, in the family who rallied to provide care for the mother in the way of day to day activities such as... Read more
Overwhelm is common in needing care and caregiving situations. Many times caregivers have so much going on in their lives that adding one more task to the list is impossible. This is usually the reason that caregivers and those needing care become... Read more
Do you realize how your habits and patterns might be preventing you from making changes in a needing care or caregiving situation? Sometimes your life becomes so routine that it is impossible to see how your life have changed or what patters you repeat and... Read more
Your mother has memory loss. Everyone else sees it but you don’t want to accept that she can no longer balance a check book or that she should no longer drive. You think the doctors are making a big deal about all of this. Maybe it’s time to consider... Read more