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Take Care of Yourself First

Submitted by Veronica Li on Thu, 11/03/2016 - 11:13

I’m a Chinese American raised in the Confucian value of filial piety, which means to love, respect and care for our parents.  So when my parents became too weak to live on their own, I moved them from California to my home in Virginia.  After a decade of caregiving, the most important lesson I learned was: I have to take care of myself first.

Joshua Irick

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Submitted by Crystal Irick on Tue, 11/01/2016 - 12:59

in April josh had his third heart attack and was sent to a large hospital in Atlanta where we spent 82 days. the first seven weeks were scary he spent them in a medical coma,on life support. they neglected him so bad that he has stage 4 pressure sores on his bottom as well as his ankles. when they run or unhooked the life support,they messed something up and cost him,to be paralyzed form the waist down with a 99% chance it will be permit due to the sores on the right leg,they may have to remove it from the knee down.Josh is type one diabetic,he is in chestive heart failure still.

CAN Announces Alliance with Sunovion to Raise COPD Awareness

Submitted by admin on Mon, 10/31/2016 - 08:46

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Caregiver Action Network (CAN), the nation's leading family caregiver organization, announced today an alliance with Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Sunovion) to help raise awareness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), highlight the burden of the disease and support patients and their caregivers.

Taking a Time-out

Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/26/2016 - 13:27

Transcript:

Introduction

Sandy Bowers introduces herself and her husband who has COPD.

Sandy Bowers:

If you’re getting ready to become a caregiver, I think the very first thing you need to know is what care your loved one needs.

Mother and Son with Cancer

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Submitted by ginnyb1104 on Tue, 06/07/2016 - 09:41

My son was diagnosed with stage 4 Melanoma in 2003. The disease moved from place to place in his body, Liver, pancreas, intestines and brain. Each new cancer put us in a new surgery and a new treatment. Each having there own side effects. While travelling this road, I found out that I have AML. Acute Myalogous Leukemia. My cancer has been easy to deal with. I choose to forego the traditional 7/3 induction therapy and go with a chemotherapy instead. This allowed me to help Mark, my son as much as possible. Now it has been two years since my diagnosis.

Elde Care Journey: A View from the Front Lines

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Submitted by laura111 on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 11:55

Caregiving is the “new normal” for nearly forty-three million Americans who will relate to An Elder Care Journey: A View From the Front Lines (SUNY Press, 2016) with tears, laughter, sighs, outrage and nods of acknowledgement. Laura Katz Olson, a researcher of elder care, finds her studies inconveniently interrupted by a real person with ever-increasing demands—her own mother. A healthy and strong Senior Olympics medal winner, mom is steadily incapacitated by Parkinson’s disease and a gradual loss of vision.