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Caregivers being replaced by robots in the future?

Grandma tells me ever so often about her “working girl” days. She said that there was a sign in the factory that said. “One day you may be replaced by a robot.”
In Japan, they are working on developing a caregiver robot. I feel quite irritated and the thought of a robot taking care of [...]

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Elder Healthcare Wishes

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 [...]

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Helping Grandma up the stairs

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

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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The Mama’s Keeper Store is Open

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 [...]

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Eldercare is featured on Desperate Housewives

On last Sunday’s Desperate Housewives episode, Felicity Huffman’s character Lynette and her 2 sisters were fighting over who gets to take care of their mother.  Ironically, the mother was caregiving for Lynette and the kids due to her dealing with cancer. Lynette heard all the excuses from her sisters, they even offered to give Lynette [...]

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Teaching Elders to be environmentally responsible

Being that last Monday was Blog Action Day, this was the day that the blogosphere focused on the environment. Its easy for most of us to help the environment, but what about the elderly?
Besides having Grandma recycling bottles , I also convinced her to change her lightbulbs to energy efficient ones.
How I managed to [...]

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Climbing up the Stairs

This past week, the elevator wasn’t working in Grandma’s building, so she had to go up and down several flights of steps yet again to handle the administrative monster(s). I am so proud that this near octogenarian made it without a sweat. She attributed it to not smoking and eating moderately.
This made me think [...]

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Caregiving Makes National News

In Honor of Labor Day, while others are enjoying the day with picnics and parades, there are jobs where one rarely gets a vacation, the first is being a parent. Just as demanding is that of being a caregiver.
Good Morning America recently did a story about balancing eldercare and working called Balancing Work While Caring [...]

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Grandma conquers the cell phone

While I was in Chicago during the BlogHer ‘07 conference. Grandma’s landline went out yet again. Its gotten to the point when every time she sees a telephone truck, she cringes. During the speaker’s reception, my aunt called me from home saying that she couldn’t get a hold of my grandmother.
My mind was racing [...]

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