Tag: caregivers
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April 28, 2008 11:10 PM EDT --
About two hours ago, the neighbor's grandson knocked on the door. He said his Grandma was upset because he and a friend had brought over two women to care for her. He wanted us to go . . .
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March 27, 2007 07:15 AM EDT --
Didn't she tell you?
That if you can't say anything nice
Don't say anything at all?
Didn't she tell you once or twice?
I bet she did - you forgot?
Forgetting's not a crime
or . . .
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June 25, 2007 03:24 PM EDT --
After a stressful few days, the news coming from the Falls is much improving...
Not only are things ~moving~ again .... Dad's legs are back to fully functional, he's up and walking for short periods, . . .
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April 28, 2008 12:54 PM EDT --
Let the drama begin. Yesterday, I went to bring a plate of food to my elderly neighbor. The lady who was there goes oh good, we were starving. Then, she said in a whispered voice, that . . .
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January 15, 2009 12:40 AM EST --
Alzheimers - A Different Type Of Loss (Part 2)
The weeks have gone by and things have totally changed - for the worse. Our Aunt has pretty much stopped eating and is now not even eating her "goodies". . . .
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February 20, 2008 03:57 PM EST --
I used to work in a senior living community, which was recently renovated to include a special wing for people with Alzheimer's and dementia. Before moving to the new wing, the people with Alzheimer's . . .
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November 05, 2008 03:57 PM EST --
I found him there on Sunday night, 8 hours after we'd had lunch at the
Golden Corral where I generally hate to go because I'm fat and it makes me sick to be as fat as I am and eat surrounded . . .
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October 21, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
When my sister and I went to her oncologist last week he told her that she would be taking chemotherapy treatments and chemotherapy pills for the rest of her life. Yes, there may be times that her tumors . . .
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October 13, 2007 12:21 PM EDT --
My sister has colon cancer. It has spread to her lungs, liver, and abdomen. She's been on very aggressive chemotherapy since August of this year. So far, knock on wood, the chemo actually seems to . . .
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September 06, 2008 12:57 PM EDT --
I just wanted to say something about oncology nurses. They are the heroes of every oncology unit.
There are four oncology nurses where my sister gets her chemotherapy. Usually there are about 25 patients . . .
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October 02, 2009 04:29 PM EDT --
Woke up from a dream of a train trip through Russia. Why Russia? A mystery until I walked by the dryer and saw a book about Peter the Great that I had read a few pages of last night and dropped on the . . .
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August 03, 2009 12:26 PM EDT --
With all the talk lately about the rapid spread of H1N1 flu or the swine flu among the young in summer camps, I 've been a little worried about the birth of my daughter in late September early October . . .
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November 27, 2009 04:20 PM EST --
By: Paula Slade
This is the third installment in this series, providing information and ideas for parents and caregivers for children’s entertainment-oriented gifts for the upcoming holidays. . . .
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October 17, 2007 05:02 PM EDT --
My sister had an appointment with her oncologist this morning. For the past week or so she was wondering if she should just come out and ask him how bad her cancer is. We know it's bad but for some . . .
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October 17, 2007 09:52 PM EDT --
Can something funny actually happen at an oncologist's office? I guess so.
The oncologist asked my sister how she was taking her chemo pills. I asked myself why he would ask such a question, after . . .
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September 29, 2008 06:31 PM EDT --
Gail Konop Baker author of CANCER IS A BITCH: Or, I’d Rather Be Having a Midlife Crisis , will be chatting with Gather in October. I thought you'd like to know a little about what Gail went through . . .
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October 26, 2009 03:11 PM EDT --
The extensive media coverage and ensuing controversy surrounding an announcement by the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood (CCFC) on Friday, October 23, 2009, after they released a press statement, . . .
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October 19, 2007 02:13 PM EDT --
There's a wonderful magazine for cancer patients called Cure . My sister has subscribed to it for a few months. It is filled with advice, help, education and everything else you need to know to battle . . .
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April 13, 2009 09:21 AM EDT --
I ran across an excellent site I wanted to share with you. Hypoglycaemia and Alzheimer's.
http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2009/04/diabetes-linked-to-cognitive-decline.html
Rose . . .
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October 05, 2009 03:18 PM EDT --
I have recent experience with being in need of help but because of my frustrations with people who come to my home to help me I felt compelled to write this.
I want to say up front that I truly appreciate . . .
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