Yup, that’s exactly how you feel. Forget sucking it up! Try some real tips and tools based in lived experience so you stop feeling like a burnt-out triple-decker grilled cheese sandwich. Your courageous advocate Carol-Ann says it like it is. And that’s no bologna!
So, where are we in this Top 10 Caregiver Peeves series? Last time under the post called “Don’t Touch My Stuff!”, I warned that things are about to get exponentially worse. And, they have. For, we are about to tackle the increasingly contentious topic of eldercare housing and various types of facilities being increasingly held to account. As well they should!
Read More
Really, an equally suitable title for this week’s blog would be: “Don’t Touch My Stuff!”. If there were only one command that characterized my father when I got too close for his liking to organizing his mountainous piles of papers and more, this one would be it.Read More
Building on what we said last time about being reduced to the equivalent of a quivering five-year-old by the stubbornness of your aging parents when they are determined to resist you… Let us today get real about what it will truly take to navigate the depths of the eldercare marathon.Read More
Do you really want me to answer that question? I am already guffawing. For any adult child of a stubborn aging parent, all I can say is: You ain’t seen nothing yet! Until now, you may have even managed to tongue-tie your children, your partner, your boss, your friends, and others with your eloquent arguments in those contexts. Who is left? Answer: The Resistant Duo!Read More
As undoubtedly many of us have found, much of my attention has also been distracted while COVID-19 travels world-wide. To say the least! Newly committed to bringing forth my voice in service, I now return to where I left off in January with “Carol-Ann’s Top 10 Caregiver Peeves”.Read More
At only three blogs into “Carol-Ann’s Top 10 Caregiver Peeves”, are you detecting a common theme already? This Will Never Be. It’s Not THAT bad. It’s Surely Not THAT Urgent. Oh, the denial and avoidance! Will you please tolerate a Reality Check?Read More
You know what? You are right. It’s not THAT bad. Right now. I have since lost track of the number of blissful adult children who post all over social media how active are their parents. Good for them! However, what happens when they’re not?? THAT is my question.Read More
To inaugurate my 2020 blog season, I reviewed ten years of extended eldercare trials and the protracted aftermath that did not see me return to any semblance of stability until about two years ago. That is when I finished sorting 50 years of accumulated parental possessions combined with 34 of ours. I then promised you a next series entitled “Carol-Ann’s Top 10 Caregiver Peeves”.Read More
How is 2020 going so far with respect to Coping with Un-cope-able Parents? Did you survive the holiday season? No matter your answer, “The Wit’s End Caregiver” remains the place where you get grounded solutions that combine the practical and emotional aspects of how to care for your elders unlike the typical content out there.Read More
On the heels of Coping with Un-cope-able Siblings, are you ready to add a whole additional host of often-outrageous relatives around your holiday table? Get ready! Watch for the annual fireworks to heat up big time.Read More
