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
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
As the throes of family holiday craziness only escalate, what better time to deal with Un-cope-able Siblings followed by Un-cope-able Festivities? Let’s start with impossible brothers and sisters.Read More
Can you even imagine we’re at the tenth of “Carol-Ann’s Top 10 Caregiver Lessons”? Last time, we reinforced how it is OK to feel and express all your feelings regarding a difficult aging parent. That includes the typically unpopular ones like frustration, resentment and anger. What is possibly left to tackle? How about the way you feel on the heels of their passing?Read More
