Wed., March 25, 2009 22:20:41 GMT One of the things I’ve seen on Trusera* this past year, that learning tools used to help someone with autism would also be helpful to those trying to recover from a stroke. Today I saw Stimey’s Trusera post “The Right Tool at the Right Time.” I commented to her [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Stroke’
Tools for Autism Can Help Strokees, Too
Posted in Favorite Products, Trusera, tagged Caregiver, Caregiving, Eldercare, Products, Stroke, Stroke recovery, Stroke therapy, strokes on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Backstory #5: Expanding My Long-Distance Caregiving
Posted in Backstory, tagged Caregiver, Caregiving, Dementia, Eldercare, Long-distance caregiving, Stroke, Stroke-Induced Dementia on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wed. Jan. 21, 2009 21:03:45 GMT My fears finally materialized during one of my weekend trips home, while I routinely reviewed Mom’s check book and canceled checks. In what had always been a textbook example of A+ perfect order, I started seeing confusion. By the summer of 2005, at age 84, Mom’s memory was getting [...]
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 »
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, [...]
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 [...]
Gifts: Recording Singalongs and Readalongs
Posted in Gift Ideas, tagged Caregiver, Caregiving, Cheap Gifts, Eldercare, Family, Gift Ideas, Gifts, Gifts of Time, Good Vibes, Laughter, Meaningful gifts, Music Therapy, Positive Attitude, Stroke on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 08:05:18 GMT When the nieces and nephews were young, they lived hours away, in Wisconsin and Washington, while I lived in Indiana. Still, I wanted to make sure they had fun memories of me. I wanted to make sure they knew how much I loved them. So, one year I recorded [...]
Bookmark This Heirloom-Quality Gift Idea: Captures the Power of the Human Voice
Posted in Gift Ideas, tagged Caregiver, Caregiving, Eldercare, Gift Giving, Gift Ideas, Good Vibes, Heirlooms, Heriloom-Quality Gift, Meaningful gifts, Memories, Music Therapy, Nursing Homes, Positive Attitude, Preserving Memories, Products, Stroke, VoiceQuilt on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, October 18, 2008 21:49:38 GMT Rarely do we run across an invention, a touching, heirloom-quality gift idea, which everyone should have in their “gift giving ideas” file. The VoiceQuilt keepsake box ( www.voicequilt.com ) is one of those discoveries: one likely to evoke tears of appreciation. This gift, created on the premise that “loving [...]
Ask MDs, Nurses, for a Copy of Your Lab Results!
Posted in Medical, tagged Caregiver, Caregiving, Doctor Appointments, Eldercare, Healthcare, Lab Reports, Nursing Homes, Owning Our Health, Self Advocacy, Stroke on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Monday, October 05, 2008 17:33:52 GMT When a nurse calls with lab results, or a doctor gives an update at an appointment, I now ask, “May I have a copy of the lab report?” Without fail, each printed lab report has provided me with additional, meaningful insight, either directly, or by way of pointing me [...]
Thank You for Your Good Vibes!
Posted in Mourning, tagged Death, Eldercare, Mourning, Nursing Homes, Stroke on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Monday, September 22, 2008 20:43:31 GMT Greetings Everyone on Trusera! This is a collective, “Thank you!” for your thoughts, prayers and kind words during Mom’s fading days, and after her death on Friday morning. I’d really like to respond individually, but there just isn’t time right now. Keep the good vibes coming for my family, [...]
