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Caregiving & Employer Support: What does it look like?
As summer approaches, we hope this message finds you and your loved ones well…or well cared for and as comfortable as possible. We understand the ebbs and flows of caregiving! After a hiatus due to family caregiving responsibilities, we’re back in the saddle with what will be a combination of blog posts (albeit sometimes more brief than past) and episodes on our YouTube channel, Caregiving Insights. Oh, and stay tuned for later this year a soft launch of our new platform that enables caregivers to uniquely connect with each other! For now… …consider the following: 10,000 baby boomers a day have turned 65 after 2010 and by 2030 all boomers will be at least that age. That’s a very large number of people who are entering…
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Music: Uplifting Caregivers & Patient Advocates, One Song At A Time
Hi everyone! Well, I had planned on writing my usual weekly blog post of 1,500 to 3,000 words. But, as caregivers/patient advocates know, what’s planned for a week often takes on a life of its own and free time becomes fleeting. This past week was one of those for me. While this post is shorter than usual, I hope it’s just as enjoyable, informative, and thought-provoking. Since last Sunday’s post about burnout, it’s been seven days of up, down, and all around…many times. On the caregiving/patient advocating for my parents side of life, there were doctor appointments to schedule (both future and urgent), transportation to appointments, lab work to be reviewed, medication to pick up, special new dietary restrictions to consider, preparing meals, research about…
