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What does it feel like to be me?

What does it feel like to be me?

by Guest Author | Jul 12, 2017 | Caregiver Stories | 35 comments

What does it feel like to be me? The first word to come to mind is “full”. Frustrated is a close second. My 91yr. old mother has lived with me for six years. Her dementia has stolen her reasoning, memory, logic and ability to track what I’m saying....
Sharing the strain, the struggle and the heartache: Finding time for feelings in caregiving

Sharing the strain, the struggle and the heartache: Finding time for feelings in caregiving

by Rob Okun | Jan 30, 2015 | Caregiver Stories | 0 comments

None of us knew in October 1987 when my father went into the hospital just before dawn that he would never come home. He’d been on a Fall foliage ride into the New England countryside with my mother earlier that day. Me? I certainly wasn’t prepared for the five long,...

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