🐞 🌻 ⛅ Spring Cleaning 🍓 ♻ 🐛
Greetings ,
Spring cleaning.. it's a state of mind. Pairing down, removing the clutter, making space for new activity. Restocking, reassessing, recharging; envisioning anew.
Here at The Caregiver Space we are in this seasonal mindset more often than not. So this week we break it down. Consider this your 'go-to list' when you want to recharge your caregiving self.
Readable ~ direct posts to our website, a full featured portal:
Caregiver Stories ~ direct from the source... your fellow caregivers.
Caregiver's Toolbox ~ tricks & tips, plus analysis and issue dissection
For Friends & Family ~ we're here to encourage the wider social circle too.
Sociable ~ expanding our reach in informational and creative ways:
Facebook ~ a stream of interest items for Caregivers of every stripe
Instagram ~ get your photo on, #FacesOfCare & our signature care cards show our stories.
Interactive:
Caregiver Forums ~ our bulletin board of ideas, issues, feelings, solutions.
Weekly Chats ~ Spousal support, bereavement discussion and more to come.. or just start a chat of your own.
Adrienne on the Radio ~ Our own founder is cohost with Dave Nassany for the weekly radio (call in when live) show and blog
And as you'll see below, we support live interactions too, with special mention for the Caregiver's Day at the Abiliities Expo in Edison N.J. (Sunday May 1st.)
We even drive your participation with these emails. Every month we select a topic for your feedback as part of the Forum discussions. This month, our prompt asks us to dig a little to demark the clarity of our emotions..The variety of often conflicting feelings gives rise to questions: what drives us in this work? what holds us together? What emotions need tending towards. it's the fourth link below, taking you to The Page Listens forum. (Prefer to take your time with more thoughtful answers?? Paste the Forum Title & Header into your email composer. To get back to it when you have some free time, save it as a draft after each update and edit. til your ready to post.)
For the Caregiver Space, every post of image or word is a new inroad to communicating with you as a caregiver. Scroll up, scroll down and click away. The links and previews of selected posts fall just after this intro.
In the spirit of caregiving,,
Paul Nocera
Director, Community Engagement
Paul@theCaregiverSpace.org
E-Records Help Ensure End-Of-Life Plans Aren’t Lost
An analysis of US data from 2011 indicates that nearly 29 percent of cancer survivors are financially burdened as a result of their cancer diagnosis and/or treatment. The study reveals that such hardships can have lasting physical and mental effects on cancer survivors.
Posted on 22 April 2016 by Kaiser Health News
Abilities Expo - 2016 - New York Metro - Caregiver Day, May 1st
Abilities Expo is about bringing necessary products and services together under one roof for the community of people with disabilities, their families, caregivers, seniors, and healthcare professionals. It's about introducing opportunities that can enrich your life ...especially ones that you never knew were out there.
Posted 20 April 2016
Click the link, and join the forum.
the Focus for April 2016 is...
EMOTIONAL CLARITY ~ MOVING TARGET OR PSYCHIC MONOLITH
Achieving emotional clarity is probably the single most ignored priority in a caregiver’s task list. Clarity requires we dig a little.
Our regular blogger and author of "Because of Annie", Bob Harrison, hosts the Spousal Care Chats every Tuesday night, and now ads a Bereavement /Loneliness Chat on Thursday night. You're just three clicks from chatting.. using the graphic to the right as your guide.
We'll leave up the chat through the weekend for folks who can't "tune in" at the appointed hour.. you can read through the discussion and share the sentiments and sharing though the week
Every Tuesday & now Thursday nights.
10pm EST / 9pm CST / 7pm PST
using the Chat on TheCaregiverSpace.org
Need to talk? Click on...
Visit the forums!
What I Learned About Caregiving After My Daughter's Spinal Cord Injury
I believe that caregiving is an art. I wore that hat in many different settings, including ones where I also supervised other caregivers. However, I never expected to be a caregiver for one of my teenaged children.
Posted 20 April 2016 by Cindy Kolbe, Contributor