They both discussed why it is so important for present and past caregivers to share their journeys to help those who are starting their journeys!Â
“The Proactive Caregiver book will inform, educate, and encourage you to embrace the emotional challenges by allowing personal growth to transform and enrich your life. When your loved ones begin to lose time and memories or become combative, you must be prepared to…
“This is a story about caregiving…at any age. Meet 6.75 years Lola and her best friend and grandmother, Babu (short for babushka). One day Babu is not herself. Lola learns that Babu has dementia.”
“This is the story of Carolyn’s mother, her dementia, and how they navigated her journey together. Your loved one may not force-feed stuffed animals vanilla pudding or burn their neighbor’s mail as Fay did, but if you’re living through the sad realities of…
“Words From the Heart comes from a place of hurt and trauma. It goes through the journey of processing the trauma, accepting it, and healing. It reflects feelings, situations, and stories”
Daisy and Betsy discuss how important it is to share our stories and learn from each other! They both discussed how important it is to personalize this disease with names and faces!
“This shift in focus changes the caregiving model, from treating symptoms to helping the person—the whole person. We move from understanding dementia as a disease requiring medical and pharmacological treatment…to concentrating our attention on the very individual needs and experiences of the people…
Ukraine, not politics or sports, should be our focus right now!
Betsy Wurzel, Chatting with Betsy
Today's interview is with Natalie Brobin, Author of "Everyday Self-Care and Your High Needs Child". Natalie discusses the challenges she faced with her special needs daughter and how and why the book was created. This book "Everyday Self-Care and…
Linda Barnard talks with us about her journey to becoming an End-of-Life doula. She started her business Heading Home OC after noticing a need for helpers that specialized in death preparation. Not all the people that death doulas help are terminally ill; some…