By Jeffery Johnson We all know that the Holidays are times of family gatherings and much merriment. However, there is a considerable amount of stress for many people around the holiday time. For example, relationships in families can be heightened so that already existing stressful situations can flair up and become quite nasty. Or, [...]
Archive for the ‘Sandwich Generation’ Category
Coping with Holiday Stress
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Sandwich Generation, tagged Dealing with Aging Parents, family meetings, helping others, holiday stress, senior care, stress, visiting angel on December 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Is Your Loved One a Hoarder?
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Elder Care, Long Distance Caregiving, Sandwich Generation, tagged coping with dementia, Dementia, family meetings, Hoarding, Sandwich Generation, senior care, senior health issues, senior medical issues, Visiting Angels Phoenix on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Jeffery Johnson… It happens more often than we even acknowledge: we walk into a potential care recipient’s home, review the areas that our caregiver will be working, and see that there are piles of books, newspapers, and bills everywhere . . . Yet, we assume that this care recipient just needs one of our [...]
Blueberries as the “Magic Bullet”
Posted in Elder Care, Long Distance Caregiving, Sandwich Generation, Uncategorized, tagged caregiver, Dealing with Aging Parents, Diet, senior health issues, senior home care, senior medical issues, Visiting Angels Phoenix on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How I love to go into Sam’s Club and see those little deep blueberries in a large container. I love to put them in cereal, on ice cream, in pies, in cheese cakes or just pop a handful in my mouth as a snack. I have heard that they are very rich in antioxidants (are there any [...]
Tips For The Long Distance Caregiver
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Elder Care, Long Distance Caregiving, Sandwich Generation, tagged caregiver, coping with dementia, Dealing with Aging Parents, helping others, senior care, senior medical issues on October 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
from Jeffrey Johnson In today’s world, the reality of caregiving is that many family members have moved away from their childhood homes, often times more than several hours away. This creates a new level of independence for those that move away, but it can develop a true burden when it comes time to care for [...]
The Sandwich Generation – The Trailer
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Elder Care, Long Distance Caregiving, Sandwich Generation, tagged caregiver, Dealing with Aging Parents, Dementia, financial worries, helping others, senior care, senior medical issues on October 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Sandwich Generation, those caught between their aging parents and young children, includes some 20 million Americans. In this emotionally charged account of family caregiving, filmmaker Julie Winokur and her husband, photojournalist Ed Kashi, expose their personal lives with unflinching candor. Winokur and Kashi uprooted their two children and their business in order to move [...]
What to do with outdated meds.
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Elder Care, Long Distance Caregiving, Sandwich Generation, tagged Dealing with Aging Parents, old medications, old meds, senior care, senior medical issues, seniors, visiting angel on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What’s the big deal here? Simply flush old meds done the toilet, right? Or, throw them out with the trash. Well, thankfully, we are slowly becoming a “green” world – one in which our environment is vitally important to us all, and, one that will require our participation to protect. So, how do we dispose [...]
“I am still OK to drive!” The independance issues.
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Elder Care, Sandwich Generation on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We all have experienced the apparent frustration of talking with a senior about some issue related to that person needing to relinquish some form of their independence, (for example, speaking with your dad about giving up his car keys). Yet, if we look deep enough into such a dialogue between father and son over the [...]
