Help!
My caregiving season began with my mother’s return home after brain surgery and three months in a skilled nursing facility. Though fine cognitively, my dad had serious health problems himself…
Both Sides of the Coin
Guest post by Lori Vober At the age of twenty-nine, everything changed for both me, my husband of almost five years, and my parents. While at work, I suffered a…
When Alone Time Goes Out the Window
Guest post by Crystal Caudill I recently read a meme that said: Girls will be like I don’t know why I’m so unproductive recently, and then you ask what’s going…
Then Don’t
It had been a rough year. My mom’s memory began deteriorating at an alarming rate. Then she lost the ability to walk and all but the rudiments of speech. We…
Oh, My Aching Back, Part 2
In my last post, I talked about the strain taking care of a loved one can put on our muscles. Even pushing a wheelchair can trigger a backache, especially when…
Oh, My Aching Back!
When I was in nursing school, our instructors taught us good body mechanics, techniques to keep us from straining our backs. I put their teaching into practice when turning and…