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Sisterhood and Brain Health for Recovering Caregivers

By Carol December 20th, 2011

Once we got our new iPad email working and used the Photo Booth app to take some funny pictures of ourselves, we wondered what to do next with our intriguing Little Buddy. The problem is not a scarcity of possibilities. According to official Apple sources, there are over 140,000 iPad apps available—many of them free. Too many to sort through on our own.

No problem. Sister Judi–an iPhone owner and aficionado—to the rescue. She undertook to coach me in advanced techniques of using the “Home” button and also suggested a few challenging and enlightening apps. High on our list are Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja. I also learned that she is the creator of her own app—Smart Tot Rattle!

Her next move was to challenge me to a game of Words with Friends.

I’m …

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What is the Caregiver’s Role in an Aging Parent’s Death?

By Carol November 20th, 2011

My dad, Frank, died over a year ago at the age of 91. When he finally came to live in Denver two years before his death, I thought I would be able to help him have a better life, a happier old age. It turned out that the real job was to support him while he moved closer and closer to death.

As the days of his life grew shorter, my confusion multiplied. As much I knew he would die one day, I was caught up in Dad’s insistence that he would live to be “at least” 100. I think it seemed easier to accept this idea than to understand that death was creeping nearer to us with every passing day.

The last days and weeks of Dad’s life were very difficult for all …

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My Elderly Father's Change Of Heart

By Carol October 4th, 2011

I am excited to realize that we have been publishing Inside Aging Parent Care for a year and a half now. In celebration of this most recent anniversary, here is our very first post:

For many of us, it begins with a phone call. In our case, the call came from my 89 year old father late in the spring of 2008. He had been released from Waterman Hospital after his third bout with pneumonia a few weeks earlier. “I’ve been thinking,” he said, “why am I here when you are there?”

We had often encouraged Dad to consider moving from his home at an assisted living facility in Central Florida to join us in Denver where Bill and I have lived for the past twenty years. Up until now he had always resisted …

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Aging In Place Villages Promote Wellness

By Carol October 2nd, 2011

Weekly Workout from Our Future Selves on Vimeo.

More than 60 Villages across the US promote the health and well being of members through a variety of programs. A common misconception of these programs is that they are only for the old-old who are already in decline. On the contrary each Village sponsors many unique programs based on the needs and desires of members. Our local Village, Washington Park Cares, sponsors weekly walks in the park for fast and slow walkers.

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Caregiver’s Gateway To The Future

By Judi September 25th, 2011

People start out in relationships not knowing what the future holds. Willie and I were together for 11 years before we got married. We started out as friends and then we carried on a long distance relationship for over a year before I moved to Boise and we moved in together.

We have lived together for so long that we know each other as well as any married couple. I didn’t think that it would be much different after we were married…but it does feel different. There is a feeling of protection, of security that was missing before. Something that makes me feel proud when I can say “husband”.

When you get married, things change. We made a promise when we spoke those vows. We are bound to care for each other now and …

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