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Emotions Surrounding the Nursing Home Decision
Hitting the Wall of Burnout! Most of us deal with our emotions on a daily basis. Some of them are good and some are bad. On a typical day, the good emotions may far outweigh the bad emotions. Sometimes we suppress our emotions - has someone ever said something to you...
Necessary Decisions for Mom | Discussions and Preparations
Discussions Make a Difference! What do you do when you see a parent declining in health? You truly feel they need help, but don’t really know where to start. Today we’re going to talk about working together as a family to make a decision. In situations where the...
Help Mom | The Best Approach for You
Too Much or Too Little Help! Over the years we have seen two basic ways that families look at when providing help for a declining parent. Both ways work and neither are “better than the other”. What works is what’s best for each individual family. Here are the two...
Pride Lesson: Don’t Be Afraid to Ask for Help!
Doing it All Yourself Can Cost You! Recently our dishwasher died. Of course I thought I could fix it myself! After all, how hard could it be anyway? Weeks later, still no clean dishes - at least no clean dishes from the dishwasher! The simple situation was about to...
Independence Day | Lessons Learned
3 Lessons From Our Founding Fathers Many of you celebrated Independence Day yesterday on the 4th of July, but since it occurred on the weekend, some of you will also be celebrating today. Today we’re going to briefly revisit history and extract 3 lessons that we can...
Momma’s Garden | Senior Engagement Tactics
In the Garden, Staying Engaged! Cindy grew up in her family’s version of The Little House on the Prairie. A medium size house + a really big (400 acres) yard. Her family farmed rice and soybeans so Cindy was “volunteered” to help before she could even talk. So I guess...
Pull Together | Family Care
Pulling Together from Remote Locations! What happens when Mom is declining in health, but the kids live remotely? Is this a deal breaker? For some families, the answer is yes. The kids feel that they live too far away from their parents and that there is little or...
The Sandwich Generation
Helping Two at Once! The sandwich generation can loosely be described as a group of middle-aged adults who are providing care for their aging parents and their children at home at the same time. According to some reports, 47% of people spend at least two hours a day...
The Nursing Home Option | Tipping Points
What Tips Families to Choose the Nursing Home Option? We talk to people every day who are having to make the seemingly unthinkable decision as to whether to place a Loved One in a nursing home. If you have a spouse or parent who has declined in health, what should you...
Aduhelm – The New Alzheimer’s Drug?
Aduhelm: What We’re Reading You may have read about Aduhelm, which is the new Alzheimer’s Drug that was approved by the FDA this week. You can do a Google search for the word "Aduhelm" and see all sorts of news articles and current opinions. It seems everyone has an...
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Direction | Cardinal Knowledge Shows Us the Way
Up Front Discussions Make a Difference! Something happens to Momma and we react immediately! We are confused but feel called into action so we just start running. We don’t know where, but it’s an emergency, so we start running with no direction. If we stop to ask for...
Pulse Check | Health Examination
Rate vs. Rhythm! Every time I go to the doctor, one of the first things they do is to take my pulse. Guess they still want to know whether I’m alive before they start! Obviously I’m not a medical person, but from my understanding, the act of taking a pulse helps the...
Pivot Plan | When the Belt Breaks
Didn’t See That One Coming! Cindy & I live out of town a bit - just enough to get a taste of farm life. Recently, a man from out of town was baling hay on the neighboring property. He was trying to beat the rain and was a little less than half done when - the main...
“Helper Spouse” Care | Helping the Helper
Saving the Helper Spouse from hitting the wall - or worse! We see the struggling “Helper Spouse” situation almost every week. This is a sad real life situation where one of the spouses starts to decline in physical or cognitive health and the other one tries to take...
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