I'm a business owner helping families connect with Senior Services through-out the U.S. I know what it's like to be a family caregiver living at a distance from my elder parents. I helped them through the aging process. It was tough on us since I lived 125 miles away from them.
I developed WorkingCaregiver.com for other family members like me who were faced with caregiving dilemmas!
I have...
I have been taking care of my mother since May of 2005. I guess the best way to understand the reason for my blog is to go back and read one of my very first posts Judy’s Dementia. I am also here to be a voice for other caregivers and to help with research and support for anyone taking care of an elderly parent.
My goals are simple:
1) To share my mothers story with the world
2) To let...
Bob Tell is a writer who lives in Farmington Hills, Michigan. His first published book is "Dementia Diary, A Caregiver's Journal," a memoir that uses humor and compassion to describe his widowed mother's sixteen year decline into the opaque fog of dementia.
"Dementia Diary" has received much praise from experts in the long term care community. It is available for purchase...
Around the year 2000, my father, in his mid-80s, lost his eyesight. The remaining 3 years of his life were a lesson in watching and learning about the ravages of depression and loss on the elderly. Following his death, I scrambled up that steep learning curve of understanding and managing the care of my equally aged mother who has increasing dementia.
My blog perspective is this:...
I'm Melissa, a former corporate executive who now stays home to raise her beautiful 2 year old twin boys! My boys amaze me everyday, my son Brandon is a childhood cancer survivor and liver transplant recipient. He was diagnosed with Stage III Hepatoblastoma at 9 months of age. After many months of chemo and surgeries Brandons last option was to have a full liver transplant. He received his gift...
