Tag: family
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Coping with Caregiver Grief: Finding Strength in Struggles

Lost Dad to dementia almost 6 years ago and immediately went into caring for Mom. He was 92, she is now 93. She has dementia, too. She knows me, but is confined to a wheelchair and can’t communicate very well due to poor hearing, lack of cognition and poor health in general. I am alone…
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Everything is fine.

How are you today? I’m fine. I find that I am saying “I am fine” more than ever now. Do people really want to know how I am really feeling? I think some of them do, but most just want to hear “I’m fine.” I’ve been caregiving for over 8 years now and juggling work,…