by External Article | Jun 1, 2022 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Child, Housing, Long Term Caregiving |
Sabrina, who was given a diagnosis of autism coupled with a rare genetic disorder, has exhibited aggressive behavior since she was a little girl. Now she towers over her parents. When she is happy, she gives them great big hugs, knocking them slightly off balance....
by External Article | Feb 2, 2022 | Care Work Library, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Parent, Housing |
For close to two hours, my mom had stubbornly resisted our cajoling, pleading and arguing as we tried to get her out of the vehicle and into Villa Caritas, a geriatric psychiatric hospital and the only place in Edmonton that could handle her. She has aggressive...
by External Article | Jul 13, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Child, Long Term Caregiving |
A Winnipeg woman says she’s no longer able to care for her 16-year-old son, who has autism, because of his violence toward her. She wants to surrender guardianship to Winnipeg Child and Family Services — but the agency says he needs to stay with her. CBC News is...
by External Article | Feb 20, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Child, Long Term Caregiving, Planning |
Diane Gill Morris was 25 when her first son, Kenny, was born. About 15 months later, she and her husband realized that he’d stopped talking. By the time Kenny was officially diagnosed with autism, Diane’s second son, Theo, was eight months old. Less than a year later,...
by External Article | Aug 8, 2018 | After Caregiving, Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Finding Caregiver Support, Grief, Millennial Generation |
After his father dies of Alzheimer’s, Chris Garcia and his fellow comedians accidentally formed the Dead Parent Society. They navigate the world of grief through dark humor. Listen on Death, Sex & Money.
by Guest Author | Aug 15, 2017 | Caregiver News |
WASHINGTON, JUly 31, 2017 – Meltdowns are natural occurrences in life. Everyone experience it, from children to teenagers, up to adults. Unfortunately, meltdowns among elderlies are the hardest to handle. Mood swings among seniors often result from poor health, pain,...
by External Article | May 17, 2017 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent |
Are people who live with dementia sometimes uncooperative, upset, angry or even “aggressive?” Yes. But then again, so am I. If provoked, do people who live with dementia sometimes “lash out?” Yes. But then again, so do I, although extremely rarely in a physical way...
by External Article | Jul 12, 2013 | Care Work Library, Housing |
Let’s be clear: physically aggressive behavior arises in a sizable minority of dementia patients — a German study of nursing home patients published last year put the proportion at nearly 29 percent — but those most endangered are the people with dementia themselves...
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