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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Crossing the Street

Several months ago, after coming from an errand, me and Gram were crossing the street. I wanted to cross at the stop light because, well, that’s what most people are supposed to do.
However, Gram insisted on turning the corner and seeing the garden. I hesitated because on the street where she lives, its not a [...]

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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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Rite Aid’s Site for caregivers

While writing another blog post, I stumbled upon Rite Aid’s site for caregivers. The site has video from experts, forums and articles for caregivers.

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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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