When I Sing, My Grandmother’s Eyes Light Up

When I Sing, My Grandmother’s Eyes Light Up

Reading Time: 3 minutes“When I Sing, My Grandmother’s Eyes Light Up”: Grammy Winner Kalani Pe’a Shares His Alzheimer’s Story Kalani is a Grammy Award-winning singer and composer who comes from a long line of musicians, his k?puna: ancestors and elders. His grandmother...
Turning to hospice for Mom

Turning to hospice for Mom

Reading Time: 4 minutesWatching my mom accept her mortality – and turn to hospice after fighting pancreatic cancer for so long – has been an opportunity to appreciate the present moment. I try to focus on being thankful for the time we have together. While I watch...
Diedrich Bader: In the Moment, Gratefully

Diedrich Bader: In the Moment, Gratefully

Reading Time: 4 minutesActor, Diedrich Bader, shares his caregiver story of the career lessons that helped him as care for his father.  In 1996, actor Diedrich Bader reached a potentially life-altering crossroads in his career and, at the same time, also nearly missed...
Rian’s Caregiver Story

Rian’s Caregiver Story

Reading Time: 2 minutesI cared for my grandmother until she departed this world. She was diagnosed with cancer about six months before her passing. Each and every day after work, I would go to her and take care of her. Make sure she ate, slept, was clean and took her...
CRs Caregiver Story

CRs Caregiver Story

Reading Time: 2 minutesI was a caregiver to visit a younger man who had been in an automobile accident which left him with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). This resulted in some infrequent epileptic type seizures. On our initial visit, which is really a ‘getting to...