Caregiver

Editor-in-Chief’s Note

authour@pressmart.com (authour) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

It is said that inspiration comes in a flash. Mine actually came with a side of oatmeal. It was November 1994.
After spending the night at a Miami Beach hospital with my grandmother who had been rushed there the day before, I decided to have breakfast at a local restaurant.
In front of my plate of eggs and side of oatmeal, was a mountain of literature I needed to sort through as a new family

Reader’s Letters

authour@pressmart.com (authour) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Reader’s Letters Hi, My name is Rebecca. I am a 34-year-old woman who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1994. Since then, my mom and sister have tried to hospitalize me whenever I wasn’t doing well. My dad didn’t think I needed hospitalization or medication.
I have been in and out of the hospital since age 18. It has been very difficult. My sister is seven years younger and when she came to t

Automated Meds for Caregivers

authour@pressmart.com (authour) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

P P harmacies and some long-term care facilities P are adding a new member to their medication P distribution team, the “robot pharmacist”, or automated dispensing system.
P Designed to enhance accuracy of medication type and amount distributed, automated medicine hardware and software aims to decrease medication errors.
These robotic systems have a place other than your local pharmacy. Long

DRIVING: When Aging & Illness Make it Difficult

authour@pressmart.com (authour) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Sandra Ray, Staff Writer Many individuals believe getting that first driver’s license is a right of passage – a testament that adulthood and freedom have arrived. In light of increased scrutiny and legislation concerning older drivers, caregivers and aging patients are both starting to wonder how long to continue driving, when to slow down, and when to stop driving all together. Physicians have

The Loving Labyrinth

authour@pressmart.com (authour) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Lab•y•rinth\noun 1. an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one’s way or to reach the exit.
2 . any confusingly intricate state of things or events; a bewildering complex.
Gail Sheehy is world-renowned for her book Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life, which remained on The New York Times bestseller list for more than three years and has been repr

H-E-L-P for Caregivers

authour@pressmart.com (authour) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

My husband and I just celebrated our eighteenth anniversary; it wasn’t much of a celebration though. We didn’t exchange gifts or share a candlelight dinner because this particular anniversary is not of our wedding day. Eighteen years ago my husband was injured in an accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down and I became his full-time caregiver.
I’ve learned a lot in those 18 years.