by Family Care Givers Online | Jan 14, 2021 | Caregiver Stories, Hospital
Reading Time: 4 minutesThank you Martha S. for providing your experiences and recommendations for other caregivers. “My husband was independent for several years following a serious stroke in late 2002 and his eventual recovery. In April 2007 paramedics rushed him to...
by Family Care Givers Online | Jan 12, 2021 | Caregiver Stories, Hospital
Reading Time: 6 minutes Print This Post Editor’s Note: This is the last post in a 3-part series about what happened when a working caregiver’s mother had to go into the hospital. This post is about what happened after the emergency room visit and the hospital...
by Family Care Givers Online | Jan 12, 2021 | Caregiver Stories, Health Care Professionals, Hospital
Reading Time: 5 minutes Print This Post Editor’s Note: This is the second post in a series about what happened when a working caregiver’s mother had to go into the hospital. This post is about the hospital stay. Also in this series is the initial visit to the...
by Family Care Givers Online | Jan 7, 2021 | Caregiver Stories, Hospital
Reading Time: 5 minutes Print This Post Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series about what happened when a working caregiver’s mother had to go into the hospital. This post is about the initial emergency room visit. Next in this series is the hospital stay...
by Family Care Givers Online | Jan 5, 2021 | Caregiver Stories
Reading Time: 3 minutes Print This Post I think when one becomes a 24/7 caregiver, they mentally move into that space in which only the take-charge dwell. They develop a tunnel vision which enables them to concentrate on the needs of their loved one without...
by Family Care Givers Online | Dec 15, 2020 | Caregiver Stories
Reading Time: 3 minutes Print This Post I was a caregiver for my late husband who had early-onset Alzheimer’s, my mother who had dementia, my father who had cancer, and my mother-in-law who had dementia. Years after my husband died, I met a lovely widower and...