As caregiving continues there is a fall season in which there is ‘more of the same’, or little improvement in spite of our best efforts. There is a danger here of despair or burnout.
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StilMee Caregiver Connections: The Seasons of Caregiving
I’m beginning a new book about my Alzheimer caregiving journey, sometimes peaceful, sometimes not, with my mother in law, Bette. This is the opening paragraph. I’m hoping it helps others to read it as it did me to write it
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StilMee Caregiver Connections: A Matter of her mind…and my Heart
This is joyful work for me and the StilMee coaches who serve families educating them about normal brain function, impaired brain function and what to do as a caregiver that will enhance daily living to the care recipient and the …
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StilMee Caregiver Connections: Deliuium in hospitalization of …
This is joyful work for me and the StilMee coaches who serve families educating them about normal brain function, impaired brain function and what to do as a caregiver that will enhance daily living to the care recipient and the …
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StilMee Caregiver Connections: Five Facts every caregiver must know
This is joyful work for me and the StilMee coaches who serve families educating them about normal brain function, impaired brain function and what to do as a caregiver that will enhance daily living to the care recipient and the …
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StilMee Caregiver Connections: Driving and the elderly
She said that caregivers often wait too long to explore adult programs and the family member with Alzheimer’s is denied productive enjoyable days in a program because they can’t participate fully enough.
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StilMee Caregiver Connections: Adult day programs
I’ve been thinking about how much I’ve learned since I finished writing Matters of the Mind two years ago, and how many more wonderful stories of caregiving I’ve heard and been privy to. And some people have asked when the 2nd edition …
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StilMee Caregiver Connections: Second Edition
So often I visit a caregiver whose family member is sitting in front of the television kind of zoned out. TV is probably the poorest activity for someone with Alzheimer’s.
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StilMee Caregiver Connections: Choose activities wisely
I want to be on national television to tell the story of Alzheimer caregivers we’ve coached for the last 10 years. If you know of a person I can contact to make that happen, great! Most of the news focuses on the negative aspects of …
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StilMee Caregiver Connections: Television
This is joyful work for me and the StilMee coaches who serve families educating them about normal brain function, impaired brain function and what to do as a caregiver that will enhance daily living to the care recipient and the …
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StilMee Caregiver Connections: New research on music and learning …