by Doug Jones | Aug 21, 2021 | Articles, Caregiver Burnout, Family Care
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... 
by Doug Jones | Jul 24, 2021 | Articles, Caregiver Burnout, Family Care, Tips for Family Caregivers
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... 
by Doug Jones | Jul 17, 2021 | Articles, Family Care, Stories, Tips for Family Caregivers
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... 
by Doug Jones | Jul 7, 2021 | Articles, Family Care, Tips for Family Caregivers
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... 
by Doug Jones | Jul 2, 2021 | Articles, Family Care, Tips for Family Caregivers
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... 
by Doug Jones | Jun 30, 2021 | Articles, Family Care, Siblings, Tips for Family Caregivers
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...