by Sue | Apr 3, 2022 | Care Giving
I want to introduce my guest blogger, Annabelle Harris. Annabelle Harris is a 67-year-old writer, wife, mother, and grandmother. She started blogging nearly a decade ago when she was still facing the prospect of retirement and old age. She was terrified and needed...
by Sue | Mar 6, 2022 | Care Giving
When I was growing up as an only child, I envied my friends with siblings. “You have built-in playmates,” I would say. Quite a few of them looked at me as if I were crazy. Later, as a caregiver for both my parents, I again envied that sibling relationship. How nice it...
by Sue | Feb 8, 2022 | Care Giving
If it weren’t for family caregivers, our health care system would implode. There would be a huge need for nursing home or assisted living beds that no community could fill. Currently, there are not enough saints who are willing to do physically and emotionally...
by Sue | Jan 10, 2022 | Care Giving
“She’s eligible, but there’s a waiting list.” “The program sounded good but wasn’t what it was cracked up to be.” “Don’t go the emergency room. They’re slammed with Covid.” Health Care System Flatlining America spends more for health care than any other nation, but...
by Sue | Dec 13, 2021 | Care Giving
Caregiving is a battle against illness, depression, frustration, worry, and at times deep sorrow. We try to maintain as much wellness as possible for our loved one, yet the truth that we have no control over outcomes constantly hits us in...
by Sue | Nov 7, 2021 | Care Giving
Sixteen years ago, I sat in a meeting with physicians, social workers, and regional health care experts to discuss hospice use in the Finger Lakes Region. I recall Dr. Quill lamenting that imminently terminal patients are treated in Intensive Care Units, in place of...
