24 Hour Care Archive
Value of having caregivers
1 Comment Published October 26th, 2008 in 24 Hour Care, Legislation related to Caregivers, Primary Family CaregivingI have spent my life always being the one to step in and be the caregiver when one was needed. For the last 6 weeks, I had to be the cared for. I need help because I had rotator cuff surgery and was unable to care for myself and my 4 dogs. First, my elderly [...]
Caregiver needing care
1 Comment Published October 21st, 2008 in 24 Hour Care, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Caregiver Health Issues, Caregiving, Primary Family CaregivingWell it has been a while. I went up and got the two kids Cody (10) and Elizabeth (6) so that their mom could continue tests to determine her complete diagnosis. These kids have been through so much in the last year. Their Grandpa died from a complication from surgery in March 2007. Then [...]
Knowledge of hospice
0 Comments Published April 25th, 2008 in 24 Hour Care, Primary Family CaregivingMy neighbor’s father died last week. He never came home from his last trip to the hopital. He went to a home and then was taken back to the hospital to be put on morphine for his last few days. Mike had kept him at home for as long as he could. His father told [...]