–> Older adults want to have the best quality of life after their retirement. And why shouldn’t they? Family caregivers deserve a good life, too. Identifying the right kind of assistive care equipment is one way to ensure the quality of life that we all need and deserve. Whether you
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: WHEN OUR LOVED ONE GETS BETTER AND WE GET WORSE
This week, an online article caught my eye. It was a report on research into patients with heart disease who had undergone surgery to implant called a Ventricular Assist Device, or LVAD. Turns out that a few weeks after surgery, the patients felt much better, but their caregivers felt worse.
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Your Parent Has Been Diagnosed With Alzheimer’s. Now What?
If you watched “Still Alice,” you will have a better idea of what a person with Alzheimer’s goes through. Especially if you have a parent with this disease, you will know how it feels like to be in their shoes. “The poet Elizabeth Bishop once wrote: ‘the Art of Losing
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