A Caregiver's Silence
You're new here, aren't you?
Click Connect with Facebook to join NetworkedBlogs. NetworkedBlogs is a community of bloggers and blog lovers. Join the fun, add your blog, and connect with others who read and write about subjects you like.
Click Connect with Facebook to join NetworkedBlogs. NetworkedBlogs is a community of bloggers and blog lovers. Join the fun, add your blog, and connect with others who read and write about subjects you like.
Information
| Blog Name: | A Caregiver's Silence |
| Url: | http://caregiverssilence.blogspot.com/ |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | caregiver, healthcare, eldercare |
| Description: | Steve Barr of SGB Media Group discusses his personal experiences as the full-time caregiver for his elderly & infirm parents and reports on many available resources for caregivers. |
| Popularity: | 5 Followers |
Blog Feed
Some promises can't be kept...and should never be made.
It's been one year to the day since the photo in the post below was taken...the last time I saw Pop. The PTSD from nearly seven years of caring for him 24/7 is still there as I said but through all of the therapy I've been through as well as all of the self induced attempts at sui-slide by massive quantities off dope of all descriptions...many attempts of again trying to do it (cleaning up)all alone just as I tried to take care of him without help I have FINALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME in a year been able to look at that photo without breaking down...without feeling like a failure because I lost it and couldn't care for him as I promised him I would do until he passed. I have never
It's been one year to the day since the photo in the post below was taken...the last time I saw Pop. The PTSD from nearly seven years of caring for him 24/7 is still there as I said but through all of the therapy I've been through as well as all of the self induced attempts at sui-slide by massive quantities off dope of all descriptions...many attempts of again trying to do it (cleaning up)all alone just as I tried to take care of him without help I have FINALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME in a year been able to look at that photo without breaking down...without feeling like a failure because I lost it and couldn't care for him as I promised him I would do until he passed. I have never
It's been a year now...
This weekend marks one year since my sister moved my pop back east and thus ending my six and a half year run as my Pop's 24/7, live-in caregiver. He's in a nursing home with increasing dementia, still paralyzed and in poor health while my mom lives in an assisted living facility nearby with my sister living in between the too assisting with both. I miss him very much...
This weekend marks one year since my sister moved my pop back east and thus ending my six and a half year run as my Pop's 24/7, live-in caregiver. He's in a nursing home with increasing dementia, still paralyzed and in poor health while my mom lives in an assisted living facility nearby with my sister living in between the too assisting with both. I miss him very much...
Followers
This blog has 5 followers.
Visit the
blog page on Facebook
to see who's following this blog.
Popular in:
Not enough data.
Calculated for blogs with 20+ followers.
Calculated for blogs with 20+ followers.
Related Blogs
Questions? contact: networkedblogs@ninua.com
Copyright (C) 2008, Ninua, Inc.