Posts tagged support
In the News
September 15th, 2010
Last Saturday, Caregiver’s Touch was featured on the front page of the Idaho Statesman. We were so pleased with reporter Kris Rodine’s thorough and thoughtful coverage of our service and the inspiration that led to its creation. Kris and photojournalist, Shawn Raecke, spent several combined hours developing a story that illustrates the heart in and [...]
Fall Teams
September 6th, 2010
With the first week of school and the last summer holiday of the year under our belts, fall has officially begun at our home. We feel settled into the daily homework routine and find that it fits nicely (with a few minutes left over on either end for a snack and changing clothes) into the [...]
Restoration
August 31st, 2010
This morning I am heading to a Bikram Yoga class at a nearby studio. Today makes my third visit in five days and I really think I am on to something, thanks to my wonderful neighbor-friend and her suggestion to give it a try. After working my mind and body for 90 minutes in a [...]
Transition
July 20th, 2010
Caregiving is all about rolling with the punches. Dedicated caregivers don’t always know how things are going to turn out, but they all seem to share a similar determination to simply do the best they can each day and hope for the best possible results.
My neighbor-friend is on my mind this month as she prepares [...]
Teamwork
June 25th, 2010
“Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success” ~Author Unknown
Many of us are members of extended families that stretch across the country. Many of us even live one or more states removed from members of our original nuclear families. Geographic distance between parents and adult children is one of the many obstacles that family caregivers [...]
Community
June 22nd, 2010
Several times during the summer, my neighborhood stages small concerts on our Village Green. Last Saturday we were treated to fantastic local talent, beautiful weather, and an evening of picnics and fellowship during the show. My husband Dean and I visited with neighbors, all of whom we are honored to also call friends, and watched [...]
Caregivers in Training
June 18th, 2010
For Christmas this past December, our two sons wrote to Santa asking for kittens – one for each of them – and Santa delivered. Sparky and Puffball McFluffyson entered our lives on Christmas Eve, much to the delight of their new “boys”. This has been one of the best decisions our family has even made. [...]
Family Caregivers
June 15th, 2010
Grandpa died suddenly in his sleep early one morning. He was just over sixty years old. It was only then that we all realized how hard he had been working to care for Grandma alone. Prior to Grandpa’s death, the whole family knew that Grandma’s memory was failing a little here and there, but only [...]
Support
June 11th, 2010
Today I was honored to meet an extraordinary caregiver at a lunch gathering in my neighborhood. This amazing mother of seven children (two biological and five adopted) moved from a quiet life in Idaho to Haiti several years ago. She and her husband, after traveling there to adopt their twin boys, felt compelled to make [...]
