Author Archives: lagail41

So by now you have come to realize that I am going to say it like it is….at least from my perspective. What I want to write about today is the importance of TAKING CARE OF YOU the caregiver. Statistics show that caregiver burnout is high and often times because we as caregivers don’t knowContinue reading “Taking care of the caregiver”

Last week I wrote about my friend whose mother passed. What I didn’t mention was that my mother had her monthly visit from her physician. Two week prior I thought there was blood in my mother’s stool. Mobile Physicians sent out a person to collect blood and a stool sample. The results were negative inContinue reading “Caregiving for the LONG haul”

Today one of my friends mother died. I received a text first thing this morning asking to pray. I called her, prayed and cried with her. I’ve known her and her mother for over 3 years now having met them when mom and I relocated to Florida. I met her mother when she turned 89.Continue reading “Peace that transcends all understanding”

When one becomes a caregiver there is an assumption that you will “take care” of the person. Now “taking care“ of is an ambiguous term but most agree that it infers that you will see to the physcial needs of the person. Whether you are the one physically doing it or hire a person doContinue reading “Caregiver/advocate”

I don’t plan to write allot today. I’m tired, it may sound selfish or self centered but I am. It’s been now 11 years since my mother came to live with me. At first it’s was a wonderful honey moon then has the years came and went turned into a long and winding journey. AContinue reading “Tired”

My mother has reached a steady state now enough that disqualified her for Hospice which is a good thing; however, I have grown accustomed to having a nurse come weekly. I’d like to share some of the things I observe while my mother was under hospice care. The attending physician must submit the patient forContinue reading “Hospice”

This past week marked the anniversary of my mother loosing her mobility. It was January 2019, as I was walking with her to her bed after brushing her teeth and going to the potty that as we were approaching the bed she began to tilt. I immediately came close behind her just in time toContinue reading “One year anniversary”

When I think about myself as a caregiver, I didn’t realize how this one added level of responsibility would change my entire perspective on life in general. As I have grown into my role as caregiver to my mother I now look at the world through a caregiver’s lens. I was blessed that we livedContinue reading “Caregiver’s a blessing to society”

After my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s it was like a slow wave that came over me. Although I was relieved at now knowing that it wasn’t my imagination I was SCARED OUR OF MY MIND at what her disease meant FOR ME! In the coming weeks I imagined all that I would have toContinue reading “What the !!!!”

My mother came to live with me while I was assigned in Hawaii. At the time I was an active duty military officer in the U.S. Army. She was 81 at the time. I am an only child and my father passed away when I was 12. It’s been my mother and I ever sinceContinue reading “My story”