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If you have a loved one receiving care, the Care Card can help ensure that their needs and preferences are always met, even when you’re not there.
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Categories
- Alzheimer's 14
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- Caregiver Cheat 2
- Caregiver Health 9
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- Caregiver's Wish List 1
- Chocolate 1
- Connections 2
- Downsizing 1
- ENDALZ 1
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- Empathy 3
- Family Bonds 3
- Family Ritual 2
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- Hospital Stay 2
- How You Can Help 1
- Little Things 3
- Love 2
- Memorial 1
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- Next Steps 2
- Our Story 1
- Preparedness 2
- Quality of Care 2
- Respite 1
- Stuff Matters 1
- Talk Differently 2
- Thanksgiving 1
- Your Memories Matter 4
PREPARATION: SOMETIMES EASIER SAID THAN DONE
Family is complicated. That might be the understatement of the century. But when you’re in a caregiving position for someone with an incurable condition, it becomes even more so.
FROM TEARS TO TURKEY IN TWO WEEKS
The first Thanksgiving in our home in the Hollywood Hills was a real joyous occasion. All of our children, and some of their friends filled the house with laughter. The house looked terrific. It appeared like we’d been living there for a long time. However, that was not the case.
CHOCOLATE BONDS - KEEPING HIS MEMORY ALIVE WITH A SMILE
We all know that blood is thicker than water, and in my family that blood is made up of equal parts: red cells, white cells and brown cells. Those would be the chocolate cells that run gooey in the Soper gene, so thick, in fact, that a timeline of memories and bonding with my dad can be traced from earliest childhood treats to more sophisticated adult indulgences.
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