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Grey’s Anatomy Covers Caregiving

On tonight’s Grey’s Anatomy, two stories touch upon the subject of caregiving.
One story focuses on a woman and her mother. The mother had hearing difficulties, so they were always shouting. There was much tension because the daughter “had to” move in with the mother.
The other story focuses on a resident and his grandfather. The grandfather [...]

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T-minus 4 days until DTV converter day

DTV converter

Originally uploaded by PBS Hawaii org

I was going about my business online like normal, when Gram insisted that I watch the show about how to install a DTV converter. I already installed one for her like 3 months ago, but she somehow thinks that I can learn something else.
Now I know what mothers go [...]

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Ugly Betty focuses on caregiving

On the show, Betty and Hilda’s father is recovering from a heart attack and both sisters wrestle with the question of care giving. This episode hits close to home for many people today. Can one or two people can realistically take responsibility for a sick or elderly relative. In the end, they learned that [...]

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Buying the Digital Converters

This is a follow up to the post from nearly a year ago.
My Dad asked a month ago if I sent for the coupons. I’m glad I filed for them in time (at the end of November.) They arrived in mid-December.
So on Monday evening, I decided to get the digital converter for Grandma. I decided [...]

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Layaway: Everything old is new again

When the financial storm hit the fan over the past several weeks. Grandma asked. “Whatever happened to layaway?”
I was then lectured about how my great-grandmother got most of the furniture on layway. It was simple, you paid a little at a time, and when you made that last payment, nothing could replace the sheer joy [...]

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Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium

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 [...]

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TV Going Digital-The cable battle is underway

If you don’t know, TV in the US is slated to go Digital by 2009. This is causing a rift between Gram and me.
Grandma does not want to get cable.She rather get a TV converter. She says that she would go back to what she started with, the radio. Even if it means [...]

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The touch tone phone battle of 1996

Since we have been busy with holiday preparations. I have decided to reflect back on Christmas past when the Touch tone phone battle of 1996 occurred.
Before I came home from college for good, I sent a touch tone phone down to my Grandmother and Great-Grandmother for Mother’s Day. I knew that communicating with companies [...]

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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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