Fri., Jan. 16, 2009 20:43:26 GMT In 2003, when Mom was 81, I accepted a wonderful promotion and ended up moving even farther away from her – farther north, from Chicagoland to Madison, Wisconsin. My gut and guilt required me to start calling and visiting Mom more frequently. Instead of a minimum of four hours, [...]
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Backstory #4: Increasing Long-Distance and Local Caregiving
Posted in Backstory, tagged Caregiver, Caregiving, Dementia, Eldercare, Long-distance caregiving, Memory Loss, Stroke, Stroke-Induced Dementia on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Backstory #3: Obtaining Legal Caregiver Rights
Posted in Backstory, tagged Caregiver, Dementia, Eldercare, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Long-distance caregiving, Memory Loss, POA, Power of Attorney, Stroke, Stroke-Induced Dementia on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thurs., Jan. 15, 2009 20:32:53 GMT After that initial scare in 1999, when Mom collapsed, McDonalds called 911 and the ER doc called me, Mom and I visited a local attorney we knew from church. The attorney prepared a General Durable Power of Attorney (POA) document giving me the legal right to make financial decisions [...]
Backstory #2: Easing into Long-Distance Caregiving
Posted in Backstory, tagged Caregiver, Caregiving, Eldercare, Long-distance caregiving, Memory Loss, Stroke, Stroke-Induced Dementia on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wed., Jan. 14, 2009 16:58:47 GMT Over the course of the next few years, after her visit to the ER when the doctors revealed she had at some time experienced a stroke, if not multiple strokes, I called Mom weekly from Chicago. I drove back home to Indianapolis monthly, no matter the weather or how [...]
Backstory #1: Mom’s Initial Stroke Was a Warning
Posted in Backstory, tagged Caregiver, Caregiving, Dimentia, Eldercare, Long-distance caregiving, Memory Loss, Stroke, Stroke-Induced Dementia on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tues., Jan 13, 2009 20:21:03 GMT Preface: If you read about my being Mom’s caregiver, and then about her eventual death in September 2008, you may be interested in our prequel, the back stories to the how and why of my becoming Mom’s caregiver, both long distance, then locally. These are the stories of her [...]
