Elder Care Cafe

Not everyone can handle being a caregiver, especially when they realize it’s not about them. Caregivers must, of necessity, focus on the one they are caring for. Depending on the circumstances, they may have very little time for themselves. If you are considering becoming the care giver for either or both of your parents, there are [...]

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As a blogger and webmaster of a site that specializes in any topic, it is sometimes good to go outside to hear what others have to say on your topic. We at Elder Care Cafe like to share this platform with those who have direct knowledge of most any aspect of elder care and aging.  [...]

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Well, looks like we took an unplanned one week vacation. Sure didn’t mean for that to happen. Guess reaching five hundred posts was more traumatic than we thought. Anyway, we had quite a week with care giving duties, cable and Internet outages, and a much needed vacation. Sometimes the problem with taking time off as a caregiver, unexpected [...]

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Just before I moved in with my father in the fall of 2006, my sister told me to beware of Dad’s lies. I was shocked! Although he and I had never had a very good relationship due to numerous issues during my childhood, I had never known him to lie. After eleven years of living [...]

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As of yesterday’s entry, I now have 500 posts on this website. We started in August of 2008 through the Blog Mastermind program brilliantly created by Yaro Starak. This was the first stand-alone website I ever had after creating two Blogger blogs – the first on elder care. Although this site was built for me [...]

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No matter how long you have been caring for an elderly loved one your caregiver stint will someday come to an end. Whether you want to retain the memories of those days will often depend on who you are caring for and what relationship the two of you have. For example, in my case I [...]

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Caring for the elderly is difficult no matter how self-reliant they are. The emotional and physical stress of being responsible for another person tends to pull the caregiver down whether they realize it or not. Suddenly one day the caregiver realizes how exhausted he or she feels, how time seems to have slipped away, and [...]

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As we advance into our sixties, seventies and beyond, it may be tempting to think we no longer need to set goals for the coming year, let alone the next five years. But, as many of us are finding out, the life span in most countries has increased for a number of years now. No [...]

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How are you doing? Has the stress of the holidays gotten to you? Every year we try to be a bit more organized, a bit more prepared for the holidays – after all, we do know they are on the way. But, it seems like time passes much too quickly. For many years, I sent [...]

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Change happens! That is a way of life that some people find disturbing. They go day to day settled in their routine, at peace with the world, and content to remain where they are. Others, however, embrace change. They want change on a daily basis and are bored to tears when everything stays the same. [...]

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Festive Holiday Hot Chocolate Recipe Because it is the holiday season, I thought I would share a delicious homemade hot chocolate recipe with you. While you can certainly use canned whipped cream, fresh whip cream is recommended for best taste.

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As a caregiver, we should never underestimate the value of building a network of support. Good contacts are a valuable resource when we are in need of any type of assistance. Having a well thought out rolodex can make a huge difference between our success or failure as a caregiver to our aging parents. Building [...]

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Many people liken being a caregiver to their aging parents as a relatively difficult battle they must face on a daily basis. If you have ever engaged in war with someone, on the battlefield or not, you understand the pressure and fatigue that can set in during the duration of the battle. However, if you [...]

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In recent years, labels have been given certain time-periods that helps identify that particular generation. One obvious example is the Baby Boomers that started in 1946 and ended approximately 1964. A current title that is most appropriate for those of us who are caregivers for our children or grandchildren as well as our aging parents [...]

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