Caregiver Stress Can Make Carers Feel Trapped: What to Do? By Carol Bradley Bursack, Editor-in-Chief ElderCareLink.com Human beings, especially loving human beings, seem to have a penchant for “beating themselves up” over imperfections. This isn’t the place to go into all the various psychological issues that make us feel we need to do everything perfectly,…
“Taking Care of Mommy” – a short documentary about the challenges of caring for an elderly parent Part 1 Part 2
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Amy Grant on being a caregiver to an elderly parent… Amy is featured in this week’s PEOPLE Magazine discussing the greatest challenge – and greatest lesson — of her life as she navigates the ‘new reality’ of a parent with dementia and embraces the unexpected gifts it brings. The article is written by Eileen Finan…
By Marilyn C. Ellis So often I hear frustrated clients tell me, “Help, my elderly parents are so stubborn and they are driving me crazy!” I completely understand this frustration as I have been there too. My elderly mother became more and more forgetful as she got older. She would forget to eat and drink. …
By Carol Bradley BursackAgingCare.com One question that is often asked on Agingcare.com is, “How do I deal with the reality of leaving behind the life I had in order to become the primary caregiver to my parents?” The words used vary by the questioner, but the question is essentially the same. How do we cope…
By Carol Bradley Bursack, AgingCare.com Occasionally, someone on the AgingCare.com forum will say that they secretly wish the parent for whom they are caring would die. The parent is sick, miserable and hard to care for. The caregiver wants her or his life back. Of course, those who admit they have had this thought wonder…
ABC News Special Series, Families on the Brink Round-table Discussion on How to Help Aging Parents ABC News – Families on the Brink: What to do about Mom and Dad? As the baby boom generation approaches retirement age, millions of Americans are facing one wrenching question: What to do about Mom and Dad? The country…
Feel at Peace: Lose the Caregiver Guilt By Carol Bradley Bursack, AgingCare.com Scene one: The first call of the day from your mom you can handle. “Oh, hi, Mom. Yes, it’s a pretty day. Maybe you should walk down the hall and see Marian?” You chat awhile and then say, “Bye. Love you, too.” Five…
2012 CT Press Club Award-Winning Article… The Mixed-Up Emotions of Caregiving By Laurie Newkirk Dealing with one’s mother’s emotional and/or mental issues is very hard and draining. I find my feelings conflicted, glad to be helping, resentful to have to be doing it, wanting the best for her but not wanting to have to give…