Caregiving: Not for the Faint of Heart
Guest post by Lulu Flatt My 90-year-old mother took a fall on her lower back and was bedridden for three months when I first stepped up as caregiver for her.…
Guest post by Lulu Flatt My 90-year-old mother took a fall on her lower back and was bedridden for three months when I first stepped up as caregiver for her.…
In nursing school, we had to write care plans for our patients that included potential as well as actual problems. One problem we didn’t have to think twice about was…
Guest post by Theresa Rowe Love legacies are built over a lifetime, shaped by how we love others and invest in generations to come. It was no surprise that everyone…
I cared for my parents for six years and my mother-in-law for another four. Now I’m caring for a relative with Alzheimer's. As a former intensive care nurse, I guess…
Guest post by Linda W. Yezak I’ve never had children of my own, so until my elderly mother needed me, I’d never really been a caretaker. Then, in 2020—right in…
In 1970, my grandfather suffered a heart attack on the way home from a trip out West. He was stabilized at the hospital, but medical protocol at the time stipulated…