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From Caregiver to Care Receiver: Spending Most of Your Time at Home Is Not Easy
Post 48 In these last few years fibromyalgia has given me a small taste of how it feels to be the care receiver rather than the caregiver....
Terri Vaughn
Apr 26, 20226 min read
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Whether You’re Moving Yourself or an Elderly Relative/Friend, Starting Over Can Be Exhausting
Post 46 In my last post I promised to tackle the subject of our 700 mile move and the exhaustion that has kept me from writing. I could...
Terri Vaughn
Dec 3, 202110 min read
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Smile, Caregiver—And the Whole World Smiles with You!
I don’t believe you can overrate the power of a genuine smile to create an accepting, joyful atmosphere. Of course, some of us smile...
Terri Vaughn
Jan 31, 20213 min read
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A Welcoming Heart is a Caregiver’s Best Asset
I know through experience that some people open their hearts to strangers and friends alike while others have difficulties letting people in
Terri Vaughn
Jan 12, 20214 min read
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Finding Kindness During Times of Anxiety: Caregiving in the Midst of a World-Wide Tempest
Since this exact scenario has not played out before in our lifetime, it is difficult to know how to cope with the current caregiving problem
Terri Vaughn
Dec 30, 20204 min read
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Caregiving Choices Are Not Easy: A Letter From Mom
Post 40 This week a poignant new song by Willy Nelson popped up while I was listening to music on YouTube. (link below)* As I was...
Terri Vaughn
Dec 15, 20203 min read
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Accepting Mortality: A Caregiver’s Notes on Two Thought-Provoking Books
caregivers can be supportive by accepting and encouraging the care receiver’s right and need to make difficult end-of-life decisions
Terri Vaughn
Nov 28, 20205 min read
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Put on Your Caregiver Eyes and Look for the Beauty Within
It’s not difficult; it’s just a matter of looking beyond someone’s outer appearance and actions and seeing the beauty of the human . . .
Terri Vaughn
Sep 29, 20206 min read
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Warning To Families and Friends: Caregiver Accountability Is Absolutely Necessary
. . .Unfortunately there are those who claim to be “caregivers” but whose hearts aren’t really involved.
Terri Vaughn
Sep 6, 20207 min read
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As Caregivers We Care For the Spirit Along With the Body
I believe there’s something about humans that transcends the physical —I will call this “spirit” and let you define it as you will. . .
Terri Vaughn
Aug 22, 20204 min read
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To Move or Not to Move: A Profound Caregiving Question
The experience of loss when a person moves because of health reasons is, perhaps, inevitable.
Terri Vaughn
Aug 15, 20207 min read
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Caregivers, Do You Remember to Honor the Cultural History of Those You Care For?
if our own culture is very important to us personally, have we consciously made an attempt to acknowledge the culture of our care receiver
Terri Vaughn
Jun 27, 20205 min read
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Listening: An Important and Sometimes Difficult Skill for Caregivers
Whether you give care to a small child, a person with dementia, or a group of refugees, listening is a skill that will be invaluable . . .
Terri Vaughn
Jun 13, 20205 min read
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Caregivers, Let's Design a Richer Environment For and With Care Receivers
Providing a personalized environmental design can create a new attitude within the care receiver and within yourself.
Terri Vaughn
Jun 3, 20207 min read
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Look Around! Caregivers Are Everywhere
Today I’m writing a tribute to people whom I watched in my younger years as they went out of their way to care for others who were not . . .
Terri Vaughn
May 29, 20204 min read
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Caregiving Conundrum: To Intervene or Not
As a caregiver at heart, my genuine concern for the health of others can make me a real nuisance sometimes.
Terri Vaughn
Apr 29, 20206 min read
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Caregiving with the Help of Our Natural World: Forest Bathing and Other Possibilities
Studies show that Nature is a healing place. Being outside in the sun gives us vitamin D and “forest bathing” is being used as therapy
Terri Vaughn
Apr 20, 20204 min read
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Temporary Emotional Support Caregiving Requires a Willing Heart and a Workable Plan
In my general definition of “caregiving” I go beyond the popular custom of attaching the word to people who need full time physical care . .
Terri Vaughn
Mar 4, 20205 min read
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The Mutual Caregiving of Friendship: Seasons of Joy and Grief
as the years pass, my relations with older relatives and friends change--my compassion level rises; I know they need my support in new ways
Terri Vaughn
Feb 19, 20203 min read
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The Beauty of Neighbors Caring for Neighbors: Caregiving Away From Home
Based on my own experience, I highly recommend becoming involved in the hands on caregiving that brings great joy as you connect with others
Terri Vaughn
Feb 8, 20203 min read
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