I’ve been thinking about death and dying a lot lately. Maybe that’s because I watched all of the Queen’s funeral or maybe it’s because I read about the actor Alan Rickman’s newly published diaries, Madly Deeply in The Guardian yesterday. It wasn’t the diaries that caught my breath (although those
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Helping A Loved One With Alzheimer’s Understand A Death In The Family
It is my pleasure to host this guest post today on the important topic of how to help our loved ones with Alzheimer’s cope with and understand a death in the family. Alzheimer’s disease affects millions of Americans, and even with all the studies that have been done surrounding its
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: A VERY HUMAN STORY OF COMPLICATED CARING
Yesterday I had the delicious pleasure of sitting in a small, country community centre hall with seven other writers. We were there for a workshop at the invitation of Brian Doyle, my neighbour who also happens to be a highly distinguished Canadian novelist. My favourite book of Brian Doyle’s is
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: To End Ntl. Caregivers Month: Our Ultimate Lesson
All this month of November, I’ve been reflecting on the life lessons that caregiving teaches us. I’ve talked about gratitude, kindness, patience, wisdom and resilience. I even wrote about how we learn to see in two ways, simultaneously. But now that the end of November is nigh, my last lesson
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