“I think I want to sell my house,” Dad casually commented on the phone. Even after my phone call with my father ended, I didn’t realize how much life was going to change. I figured that this was a temporary situation that would resolve itself in a matter of weeks. But, life never went back [...]
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Get Assisted Living, In Home Care Promises In Writing
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 [...]
Five Star Book: Mothering Mother by Carol D. O’Dell
By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog Mothering Mother: A Daughter’s Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir * * * * * “Are you coming to bed, hon?” whispered my sleepy husband. “In a minute . . . this is such a good book!” I said as I glanced up. From the first paragraph, Carol O’Dell’s book, Mothering [...]
Caring For Your Parents: Compelling PBS Documentary Glued Me To My Chair
By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog http://www.pbs.org/caringforyourparents I received an email from my cousin about the PBS documentary, Caring for Your Parents, a few days after it aired on April 2, 2008. He wanted to know if I was going to talk about it here. He thought it was a dynamite show. I missed it [...]
Thanksgiving With Dad — How Do You Convince Someone to Accept Help?
The mood was relaxed and happy on the five hour flight from California to New Jersey. It was Thanksgiving Day. The sun was just beginning to set on what must have been an unseasonably warm day on the East Coast. I smiled to myself. The plane had arrived ahead of schedule. I would be at my father’s home in [...]
Is In Home Care The Answer?
In my last post Will An “Elder Monitor” Keep Mom At Home Longer?, I mentioned that my Dad chose to move to senior independent living rather than stay in the home he owned. Still mentally alert and generally capable of taking care of himself, he was having difficulty climbing the stairs to the second floor of the [...]
