Life has many challenging stages we must navigate. Growing from teenager to adult is a difficult experience for many. You want your teen to become a responsible, thinking and independent person. Most envision a young adult that can manage his/her own affairs and contribute to the care of family, friends and community. For many this [...]
Like most of you I have teenage family members who appear lost when it comes to their future. I also have friends who have children, between the ages of 15 and 30 years old, who are unclear on the concept that at some point they will have to move out on their own. Teenagers and [...]
For Family Caregivers of Patients with Alzheimer’s or other Dementia This blog is based on my experience as a caretaker for my parent with dementia and the ideas I share in the book, Thirty Essential Tips to Start Managing the Alzheimer’s or Other Dementia, Your Parent, and Yourself. I hope you will find it useful. [...]
Taking care of yourself for a caregiver often means taking time to fill in the holes in your own life, so that when you walk around you don’t accidentally fall in one of them. Your job is one of your main ways of taking care of yourself. To shore up the holes in your job [...]
For Family Caregivers of Patients with Alzheimer’s or other Dementia This blog is based on my experience as a caretaker for my parent with dementia, and the ideas I share in the book, Thirty Essential Tips to Start Managing Alzheimer’s or Other Dementia, Your Parent, and Yourself. I hope you find it useful. CAREGIVERS ON [...]
For Family Caregivers of Patients with Alzheimer’s or other Dementia This blog is based on my experience as a caretaker for my parent with dementia, and the ideas I share in the book, Thirty Essential Tips to Start Managing Alzheimer’s or Other Dementia, Your Parent, and Yourself. I hope you find it useful. CAREGIVERS [...]
Thank you for visiting this website and blog. The purpose of this blog is to focus on issues about teenagers and young adults making the transition into adulthood. That is a large subject area, but I did create a framework for moving into adulthood in the book: How to Leave Your Parents’ Home and Live On [...]
Welcome Welcome and thank you for visiting this website and blog. The purpose of this blog is to focus on issues about elderly parents suffering from Alzheimer or other Dementia and their caretakers. Many times the caretakers are adult family members with jobs and families of their own. This is a major issue with the [...]
