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Elder Healthcare Wishes
June 9th, 2008
In the June 16th, 2008 issue of the New Yorker New York Magazine, an article “Can One Sibling Pull the Plug if the Others Don’t Want To?” shows a case study when siblings are in dispute over a mother’s care. I have also personally seen this from friends and colleagues alike. For everyone sake, make sure you know where your elder stands in terms on their healthcare wishes and if possible make sure you get it in writing.
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Waiting for Chicken Wings
June 7th, 2008
Its another Saturday in the city and Grandma sent me to to supermarket to get among other things, a tray of chicken breasts or chicken wings. The first place I went was to the poultry section and no breasts or wings. So I did my other shopping for 10 minutes and then returned to the poultry section. Still no goods. I asked the guy putting out the meat when will the breasts or wings will be out. Turns out, I wasn’t the only one “on line” for wings. He said 5 minutes that turned out to be 15 minutes. Finally, I had to go in the back to get a chicken wing tray. Of course, I can’t pick them out as well as if they were in a display. I just chalked this waiting up to being a sign of the economic times. In the end, I got the seal of approval that really counted.
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Helping Grandma up the stairs
May 14th, 2008
Grandma informed me once again this week that the elevator went out again. This timing is all too ironic, as I saw this post from Popgadget. Maybe this will help the cause.
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Eldercare and Money Matters
May 7th, 2008
Savvy Ladies has some good tips on financing for eldercare. One of the points stressed is that the caregiver must also make sure their financial house is in order.
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Brooklyn Blogfest is coming
April 27th, 2008
We hope to make an appearance at Brooklyn Blogfest this year. This blog was “Made in Brooklyn” , period. ‘Nuff said.
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Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium
April 22nd, 2008
Gram had turned into Papal Commentator during Pope Benedict XVI visit to the US. She was glued to the TV, giving me updates. The funny thing is that this lady isn’t Catholic. What was really enduring was when we were watching the last part of the Mass at Yankee Stadium, she wanted me to take a picture of the view of the whole stadium. However, me and my digital camera were too late. So I turned to flickr, and I say thank you Edwin for the shot:)
Note: Flickr had since removed the picture.
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Social Security Payments on Debit cards?
April 5th, 2008
Yes, you saw right. I saw this blurp in the April 2008 AARP Bulletin. Grandma was aghast with the thought of her hard earned money going on a “credit card” instead of seeing a check.
We just have to wait and see how this all develops, but one thing is for sure, Gram’s not rushing to use any plastic.
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The Stimulus Payment…and being elderly
Yes, we know that its been a while since we written. Since I have a backlog of projects and all, it hasn’t always been easy to get back here, but we do have a couple of topics to cover. The first of which is the Stimulus Payment.
Grandma got a letter from the IRS containing the letter saying that she needed to fill out the form in order to receive the payment. This lady hasn’t filled out a tax form since Nixon was in office because she doesn’t reach the dollar amount in order to file. I hope that she only have to fill out out once and not every year hereafter.
She is a bit weary about all this, and I can’t say that I blame her. If anyone else is also dealing with this with their elder, please voice your opinion via the comments.
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The Mama’s Keeper Store is Open
March 8th, 2008
I decided to put Grandma to work. Now before I get email protest letters, let me explain.
With Amazon, I decided to create an Amazon aStore, that highlights eldercare and caregiving resources and well as other items that we like.
We hope that you find the selection interesting, and if you have any recommendations, please let us know via the comments section
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Chivalry is not dead at the DMV
February 18th, 2008
Yes, we know it has been a while since we posted. With the holidays and a turbulent January, we are finally starting to gain our footing again. Anyway, on with the post.
We went to the DMV to renew Gram’s non-drivers ID. All I had say was “senior non-driver ID renewal” as I was helping her along to walk (she can’t get around that well, but not bad enough for a wheelchair, thank goodness.) Did you know that the security guard put us to the front of the information line and we were able to get a wait number?
One person from the peanut gallery said “Maybe we’ll get a blessing!” out loud. I didn’t react because I was with Gram. I don’t know if she heard it or not. I had to maintain my composure, after all it wasn’t about me.
We got her number and we waited. I was hoping we didn’t have to walk so far to the next window. Most of the time, when we do these things, I stand on line and she sits until its her turn.
Afterwards, since the DMV is in the mall, we window-shopped and got some groceries and eventually went home.
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