It’s unfortunate that it isn’t until we grow older that we wished that we had asked our parents, before they passed, for more information on their family history. Why is that? In this post, I’m returning to my list of 19 things to do now if you are a caregiver of a loved one with […]
Dementia Caregiving During the Holiday Season
Caregiver holiday stress occurs often during the Christmas season. I gotta tell ya, being a dementia caregiver is tough in the first place, but being a dementia caregiver for my mom during Christmas was even tougher. Particularly when it came to the gift-giving aspect of the holidays. See how I first noticed that Mom might […]
There’s No Time Like the Present to Preplan Your Funeral
My mom was a planner. Thank goodness! Would you believe that she had thought about her funeral even to the point of clipping obituaries and drawing pictures? Yes, really! Mom had started the preplanning of her funeral arrangements. And I am so grateful she did. I was able to take Mom’s notes to the funeral […]