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Bright Copper Kettles CIC
- Jan 25, 2016
- 1 min
No-one Ever Asked: Tommy Whitelaw
Tommy On Tour One man's mission to raise awareness of dementia. Today is the last day for voting for this blog to win UK Blog of the Year. So I wanted to choose a blog that represents what I am trying to accomplish. Tommy Whitelaw is a son who has campaigned relentlessly over the past few years to raise the awareness of dementia. He represents all the informal carers that read this blog. I know that many family carers will relate to him as he describes his journey of caregi
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Bright Copper Kettles CIC
- Jan 7, 2016
- 4 min
Self Care for the Caregiver
As an Alzheimer’s caregiver, my needs usually came dead last to everyone else’s. After caring for my mother, being a wife, having two geriatric rescue dogs, a part time job with a busy primary care practice and another part time job as a massage therapist; any attempt to “take care of myself” was usually in the form of downing a multi-vitamin and remembering to put on deodorant. Usually. But not always. I received a plethora of advice from friends, relatives and co-workers as
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Bright Copper Kettles CIC
- Nov 16, 2015
- 2 min
Give Me the Keys, Please
Give Me the Keys, Please Being the caregiver of a parent creates new challenges daily. Slowly, the parent becomes the child and the child becomes the parent. And neither are happy. The parent resists help and direction from the person they used to tuck into bed at night and had to leave a night light on for. While adult children often experience a combination of resentment of the responsibility they have to assume as well as the fear of their parents anger towards them and th
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