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Five Must Read Award-winning Memoirs
Artists paint to produce their wonderful masterpieces, while writers write to be heard. Literature, aside from arts, is one of the best platform that promotes self-expression. One of the greatest genre in literature is nonfiction. Essays, journals, biographies, and...
Be Wary of “Beware” Postings
Beware is a blogging site that posts criticisms by advocacy groups for predatory marketing practices, excessive fees, high pressure sales and poor customer services used by off shore companies who have markets in the US to help authors self-publish. Beware has focused...
Meeting ReadersMagnet in Miami
My book, “One Caregiver’s Journey”, was published in March, 2019. Just prior to launching on Amazon, I was contacted by ReadersMagnet asking if they could collaborate with me on marketing and promoting the book. I was skeptical of the offer and asked a good friend...
Words Matter
It is the holiday season, a time for good food and cheer. It is also the time when people are stressed and tempers flare at the most inopportune time. I was next in the grocery store checkout lane last weekend. an elderly lady and her daughter were watching their...
Caregivers Deserve Your Gratitude
Why thank a caregiver? Have you had the opportunity to provide care to a family member or friend? I had the privilege of being my late mother’s full-time caregiver for 9 ½ years. After she broke her hip at the age of 93, I ended my forty-year career in the public...
Information to Share About Family Caregivers
There are many questions to ponder when contemplating becoming family caregivers. Family caregivers encompass everyone from a spouse, children, sibling, life partner or even a close neighbor. While I provided care to my mother for 9 ½ years, there are...
The Misconceptions of Caregiving
People who share their misconceptions about caregiving only offer to provide distractions to family members who are attempting to find caregiving services for their loved ones. Quite possibly these misconceptions could also distract or deter someone from...
Common Challenges Encountered by Caregivers
As I have mentioned in my book, caregiving, like getting old, is not for sissies. It is a gig that gives you joy and mandates that you gather strength from whatever sources are available. Although at times it seems daunting, caregiving is not a permanent situation but...
Six Useful Tips to Reduce Caregiver Anxiety
While caregiving can be a genuinely rewarding experience, caregivers may experience anxiety. Symptoms of anxiety include the inability to think clearly, to focus logically when processing a situation or information, and general fatigue. A caregiver may be overwhelmed...
Compassionate Connections: An Essential Weapon for Caregivers
Compassion is the core component and one special quality all caregivers must possess. Compassion is the foundation for being a good caregiver and necessary for a harmonious and trusting relationship between the caregiver and the patient. The National Center for...
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