Where The Truth Lies: An Excerpt from Chicken Soup For the Soul
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Support for Caregivers
Caring for Mom and Dad: a PBS special underwritten by AARP offers a look at family caregivers. It airs on Mothers and also Fathers day and can be viewed at http://www.pbs.org/caringformomanddad
The Sister Pact More Magazine Feb 2013
Powerful story by Lee Woodruff
A good read…..
“Like most families, ours has a lot of skeletons in the genetic closet. Cancer, heart disease,depression. But most frightening by far is that my sisters and I are fourth generation standing in line to lose our minds. Alzheimers, dementia, senility….whatever the exact diagnosis, the result is the same: the slow ebbing, the agonizing erasure of a human being”
In this story sisters agree on a sister pact……dealing with end of life. Such courage……such heart break reading about their parents disease. Seems like each magazine I pick up has an article about aging or alz……distressing but knowing we are not alone in this can be helpful Lora
AARP Nov 2013 Issue
Check out Nancy Snydermans article pg 22 Nov AARP! You can also download the new caregiving e-book at aarp.org/Caregivingbook and additional resources at aarp.org/caregiving.
As a Dr Nancy says ” I had a front row seat to the chaos many families experience as they seek to coordinate care”
Books
Another Country by Mary Pipher my Dad was a story teller which could be entertaining but also impossible to get tasks done due to all the talking and repeating! This book helped me understand some folks need to tell and share their stories……Lora
Surviving Alzheimers by Paula Spencer Scott
Annie's Angels 