“The Talk” with Declining Parents – Interview with Dwain Hebda

Many of you have had the experience of having “the talk” with a teenage child. Now, as your parent continues to decline, you may have had “the talk”

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Reducing Caregiver Stress Tips

If you are a Family Caregiver for a Loved One, the demands of your job can be intense.  The physical work can be stressful at times.  More than

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Full Time Family Caregiver

It starts slowly.  Your Mom or Dad just need a little care.  You stop on your way to work in the morning to check on your aging parent

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Being an Advocate for Your Parents (Part 2)

In our last blog post, we talked about one of the adult children serving as an advocate for their parent at Journey Stop #4. This is the point

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What if you can’t stay home with Mom?

  I met with a lady the other day whose mother is in a nursing home.  Her Mom had declined to the point where she needed physical assistance

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