Connecting Kids With Grandparents – Even Long Distance!
With all the online talk about the Corona Virus, I thought I would be different and blog today about something positive (and it’s also a timely consideration if you or…
The Caregivers' Living Room
A Cool Tool For Balancing Caregiving With…LIFE
There is so much talk about self-care in the online caregiving discourse that it’s just plain exhausting. What we need is a simple and realistic way to think about how…
Happy National Caregivers Day, 2020!
In the USA, the third Friday in February is designated as National Caregivers Day. This year, it’s today – February 21! The first National Caregivers Day was February 19, 2016.…
Caregiver Burnout: Fact & Fiction
This morning a caregiver posted this in a Facebook group: “Well, today I crashed. That is all.” Responses from other well-meaning caregivers were varied. One wrote, “No you didn’t! You…
The Passionate Ordinary
I feel so lucky to be part of a small group of writers in my town. We are all women. Most of us are mothers and caregivers. Whenever it pleases…
I’M DREAMING OF……A RETREAT
I am very excited and proud to be a co-creator (with Dr. Aaron Blight, Dr. Zachary White and Amanda La Rose, LCSW) of the new Caregiver Transformation Retreat. Read on…
AGAINST ALL ODDS – Blending Research and Disability Parenting
It is my pleasure to host this guest post today from Queen’s University doctoral candidate, Lorraine (Read more…). I was amazed by Lorraine’s story of perseverance and her research question…
My Wish For You: To Continue
A good friend shared with me these words from the late wonderful and wise poet, Maya Angelou. They are so appropriate for the beginning of a new year and new…
WHAT THIS CAREGIVER REALLY THINKS
--> It is always my privilege to host the writing of Diane Stonecipher. Here, Diane reflects on the social, moral and political implicationsof her experience caring for her son. Diane…
Using Your Lived Experience to Influence Health Research
I am a parent partner in disability health research. Caregiver partners in research use their lived experience to influence WHAT is researched and HOW it’s researched. We have the opportunity…
NEED TO KNOW INFO ON MOBILITY SCOOTERS
I am pleased to host this guest post about mobility scooters - what kind of questions to ask a salesperson and how to locate funding assistance, no matter where you…
Happy Thanksgiving!
To everyone who celebrates with family this week, Happy Thanksgiving! A Caregiver’s Thanksgiving Blessing Thank you for the good days and for the strength to get through the bad ones.…
The Month of November – It’s Important for Two Reasons
November is a sombre month. The leaves have fallen where I live, and the skies are steely gray. Rain changes to sleet and then back to rain again. Geese cry…
The Cost of Silencing Yourself
Yesterday I was driving home from a hospital clinic appointment for our son (it was routine and went fine) and as usual, I was listening to the radio. I began…
COME LEARN WITH US FOR FREE!
Recently Dr. Zachary White and I gave a webinar as part of a series of free, supportive learning events for caregivers sponsored by the Department of Continuing Education at McMaster…
The Caregiver Easy But Effective Exercise Routine
I always feel SO much better when I move my body, even it’s just five minutes of stretching. And I have always loved sports – my favourites as a child…
18 HOURS
A Guest Post From a Tired Caregiver With a short break for sleep, my teenaged daughter Lily has screamed, shouted, ranted and thrown household objects for 18 hours straight. She…
You Have to Read This – A Beautiful Fable for Caregivers
About a year ago, I opened an email message from someone I’d never met called Diane S. who wrote to tell me that this blog was meaningful to her. It…