Claudia Rumwell Creates Helpful Guide: The Senior Care Organizer
By Claudia Rumwell “Caregiving is not for wimps.” Mom had been falling much too often. Then I heard from a visiting relative that in order to safely come up the stairs from
By Claudia Rumwell “Caregiving is not for wimps.” Mom had been falling much too often. Then I heard from a visiting relative that in order to safely come up the stairs from
By Jana Panarites On a Monday night in November 2009, I had what turned out to be the last conversation I would ever have with my father. He and my mother had
By Angela G. Gentile, M.S.W., R.S.W. When I titled my book “Caring for a Husband with Dementia: The Ultimate Survival Guide” (2015) I did not expect to have people mistakenly assume that
By Judith Henry What was your motivation to write about your experience as a caregiver? I believe some of our most profound lessons come, not from books, but from being there for
By Constance Vincent, PhD. When my parents first began to have memory problems, I was in denial. As a psychologist teaching university classes on aging, I had always emphasized the positive aspects
By Sandra Bullock Smith When I first started caring for my mother, I had no apprehension over how difficult the caregiving job would be. I am a strong, capable woman and my
By BRENNER PATHWAYS, Tom Brenner, MA/Karen Brenner, MA Tom and Karen’s Story The couple, a man and woman, stood just outside the door of the Scandinavian Home, arguing. The autumn leaves from the
By Barbra Cohn I spent a decade caring for my husband Morris, who died from younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease in August 2010. Afterward, I was compelled to write “Calmer Waters: The Caregiver’s Journey
By Wendy Chanampa “To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.” This was written by Arne
By Deborah Shouse Fingers on the Keyboard, Heart on the Page As my mother moved deeper into dementia, I treasured every moment of connection with her. Often it was only a minute
