Posts under ‘aging parents’

When my mother phoned me to say that she was diagnosed with glaucoma, I wasn’t especially worried. I thought that it was just an eye pressure issue that she could solve with eye drops.
No muss, no fuss.
World Glaucoma Day—March 12, 2010
World Glaucoma Week—March 7-13,2010
When I heard about World Glaucoma Week and World Glaucoma Day, my [...]

Did you see the letter today in the Dear Abby newspaper column?
What’s a newspaper? Ok, for those of you who only get your news online you can see Dear Abby at this link.
In today’s Dear Abby column, a woman wrote in to report that she was diagnosed with kidney problems but has them under control [...]

Blog spam is bad. Sometimes you see it on blogs that don’t have anyone moderating the comments. Links to porn sites, male enhancement, you name it. It’s all in a long comment made up of nonsense words with a thousand links. 
As a reader of 3GenFamily Blog, you never see those. I use a Wordpress spam editor [...]

By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog
“Dad’s been admitted to the hospital. We’re going to . . .”
You and your siblings have been living your own lives for quite a while. That contentious relationship you had a children has been gone for a long time . . . or so you thought.
“No. You need to wait [...]

By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog
When my Dad was sent to the ER for a nosebleed that wasn’t stopping, the doctor cauterized the wound and released him to go home. But, the second time it happened, he spent a brief time in the hospital before being released to a rehabilitation facility.
There was a time when most regular [...]

By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog
It is one of the smallest things that I do time-wise, yet I learn so much from doing it. As a Health Maven for the Caregiving community on Wellsphere.com, I answer questions from others about a wide range of issues in providing care for loved ones. I don’t get paid [...]

By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog
Have you been following the trial in Delaware between eBay and Craigslist?
eBay claims that the officers of Craigslist are trying to reduce eBay’s percentage of ownership of Craigslist and change voting rights. Much of Craig Newmark’s (the founder of Craigslist)  testimony centers around what Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay,  did [...]

By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog
Baby boomers didn’t invent it.
Family caregiving has been going on for a long time.
My earliest memories include long drives in our shiny, black  Plymouth to visit my grandfather’s older sister wherever she was assigned. Ciocia (aunt in Polish) Pelagia was a nun. She didn’t speak a word of English.   
Until her arthritis made cooking and cleaning [...]

By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog
“Here, let me help you try it on.”
The sales clerk had noticed that I had stopped to touch one of the fuzzy blue bathrobes that was displayed on the table near the main aisle.
As the sales person enveloped me with the fluffy, powder blue robe, I admired its cozy feel. [...]

By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog
“Does your Dad wear dentures?” the nurse asked.
“Yes, partials.” It seemed like an odd question at that moment as the hospital staff were preparing my father for a procedure.
“Is he wearing them now?” the nurse persisted.
“I . . . I don’t know,” I said slowly as I tried to peek [...]