End-of-life care: Assist your loved ones with clear instructions
The debate around assisted death is hitting a fever pitch.
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Sudbury Accent: An unspeakable horror
Author seeking caregiving stories.
Putting my life on hold to live with my parents lost to Alzheimer’s
More than anything, the grief or loss I feel is in the form of loneliness.
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8 tips for new family caregivers
It’s hard to know where to begin caring for someone, and caregiving is typically not a role anyone has training for!
The last things a caregiver for a loved one needs to hear – and the first
When speaking to caregivers, conversations can be especially fraught.
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Looking for a Key-Note Speaker?
I enjoy speaking to groups on a variety of caregiving issues.
Grief: It’s not complicated, we just make it that way.
One of the most difficult and complex things one will ever do in life is be a caregiver for a terminally ill loved one. As a caregiver, the burden that we carry is almost too much to bear at times.
After the death: grief & dreams.
I started out as a novice caregiver, but over time I got my Caregiving PhD through on-the-job training.
WHAT DO CAREGIVERS NEED FROM THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM?
I believe that caregivers need the health care system to be responsive.
Only love can break a heart, part 3.
To the bereaved, after the death and decision making can be very difficult.