Caregiving for Cancer in Seniors: Mesothelioma
Recently I’ve been thinking that I’d like to begin a mini-series of posts about caregiving for loved ones who have a rare disease. If YOU are a caregiver of someone…
Donna Thomson
The Caregiver’s Christmas Carol
On the First Day of Christmas on my list of things to do: I cooked dinner for my fa-mi-ly. On the Second Day of Christmas on my list of things…
The Caregiver’s Christmas Carol
On the First Day of Christmas on my list of things to do: I cooked dinner for my fa-mi-ly. On the Second Day of Christmas on my list of things…
A TREASURE TROVE OF LAST MINUTE GIFTS FOR YOUR LOVED ONE!
Gift shopping for a senior or for a loved one with disabilities can be difficult – last minute searching impossible. Until now. SILVERT’S has a truly useful and attractive line…
A TREASURE TROVE OF LAST MINUTE GIFTS FOR YOUR LOVED ONE!
Gift shopping for a senior or for a loved one with disabilities can be difficult – last minute searching impossible. Until now. SILVERT’S has a truly useful and attractive line…
Christmas Eve 2016 is Mom’s 95th – Here’s Her Present
My mother was born on Christmas Eve, 1921. Mom always said the timing of her birth was poor planning on her parents’ part because she never had a proper birthday…
Christmas Eve 2016 is Mom’s 95th – Here’s Her Present
My mother was born on Christmas Eve, 1921. Mom always said the timing of her birth was poor planning on her parents’ part because she never had a proper birthday…
GO ON, SAY ‘YES’ TO RESEARCH – I DID!
1990 was a desperate year in our family. Our son Nicholas was two years old and in great distress with pain and vomiting. A few months earlier, we’d opted for…
GO ON, SAY ‘YES’ TO RESEARCH – I DID!
1990 was a desperate year in our family. Our son Nicholas was two years old and in great distress with pain and vomiting. A few months earlier, we’d opted for…
3 Great Career Choices for Caring People and Caregivers
It is my pleasure to host this guest post today about career training for caring professions. I’ve blogged before about how caregivers can re-purpose their home based experience to enter…
3 Great Career Choices for Caring People and Caregivers
It is my pleasure to host this guest post today about career training for caring professions. I’ve blogged before about how caregivers can re-purpose their home based experience to enter…
CAREGIFTED: Respite, Poetry and Other Gifts for the Caregiver Soul
Recently, I’ve had the pleasure of corresponding with a great champion of caregivers, the award-winning poet and founder of CareGifted, Heather McHugh. Heather won a McArthur Fellowship and decided to…
For Caregivers, It’s All About Gratitude
My husband Jim and I are in Milwaukee visiting our daughter. Natalie works here at an arts research foundation and we really wanted to see where she lives (it’s so…
The Emperor of Caregiver Talents: Kindness
The problem with kindness is that we take it for granted. We assume that it will be there when we suffer and need it the most. But human kindness is…
Two Eyed Seeing: The Common Wisdom of Aboriginal Peoples and Caregivers
Last week I happened to be in Toronto for a Master Class in patient and family oriented research. I’m passionate about putting the patient and family experience at the heart…
Remembering My Father Today
Today is Remembrance Day in Canada, Veteran’s Day in the United States. Today I remember my father, James Edward Thomson, who fought in Europe with the Royal Montreal Regiment and…
National Caregivers Month: The Third Pillar is Patience
Patience. We learn it the hard way in caregiving. In this break-neck-speed society, caregivers are like student drivers, always trying to put our foot on the gas, but with ‘fate’,…