A Helping Hand Senior Care Blog

09/21/2022

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09/18/2021

08/17/2021

Enjoy your day beautiful people....🌞😊🙂

08/03/2021

One of the most gratifying experience I have had is caring for my parents. It's my way of saying Thank you to both of them for raising me and going through all my ups and downs with me. At times I don't know how I would have gotten through certain things in my life without them . I have a daughter that I raised on my own but with the help of my parents. My parents would watch my daughter while I worked. This was a true gift. I never had any worries with my daughter and in turn my daughter has/ had a beautiful relationship with her Grandparents. My parents had four children and took care off all their grandchildren. It warms my heart that all the grandchildren have a beautiful relationship with my parents.

Now, it is our turn to provide them with care. We took care of my Dad before he died and I will always treasure how grateful he was. He was spoiled, as he should have been. When he died I felt that we gave him what he wanted and what he deserved. As for my Mom, well, she was our caretaker so it is a hard transition for her to accept our care but she is coming around. I feel being hands on with both my parents is a way for me to say thank you and show my love and respect.

Please share your beautiful stories of your parents.

08/02/2021

What are some of the barriers you have when caregiving your family? Is it time management? Do you feel stressed with the balance of your personal life and caring for a family member? Please share and maybe we can get some ideas from each other as to how to make our everyday life easier.

The emotional experiences involved with providing care can strain even the most capable person. The resulting feelings of anger, anxiety, sadness, isolation, exhaustion—and then guilt for having these feelings—can exact a heavy toll.

07/31/2021

The Delta variant is creeping on us. I have been vaccinated and made sure my Mom who is 82 is vaccinated. My entire family had COVID and my Mom had COVID Pneumonia. She was in the hospital and had to wear oxygen when she got home. Thankfully she is fully recovered. After having COVID we made the decision to all get vaccinated. So now the DELTA virus is out and, for me, I have encouraged my Mom to stay home and to wear a mask when she is out. Be safe out there.

En Español - enlace aquí Oregon Health Authority updated mask guidance - located here The following is provided by the Centers for Disease Control, July 27, 2021

07/30/2021

Hello everyone. I am here starting a blog about something I have always believed in. I have loved working with the geriatric population, I have learned so much from hearing their stories about their life and being almost a second family. I plan on sharing posts about well being and how we are all responsible to take care of one another. Life is a circle and we start out being taken care of and grown up and then help take care of our parents or family members. Believe it or not it is a gift that 8s given to you. There is alot of satisfaction one gets from taking care of another human being. I am a novice at blogging so bear with me.

07/27/2021

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07/20/2021

Please remember that elderly should still wear masks while in public even if they have been fully vaccinated. Protect our elderly. As a nurse and working in the hospital during COVID it was heart breaking to see COVID patients who could not have visitors. The hospital staff did step in. It was touching to see how they treated all the patients as if they were family.

07/04/2018

Happy 4th of July. Do you have any concerns about Senior Care? Just ask away.

08/12/2016

I have not been writing for months. In April my father passed away. I thought I was prepared, I knew he would pass, I just did not expect the overwhelming sadness I felt until I realized, he is not coming back. I know that sounds a bit naive but, truthfully, I had no idea how I would feel. Every girl thinks their father is the best and I am no different. My father knew who I was and accepted me 100%. He just, simply, was the best man I have known in my life. I am so thankful he was my father.

Everyday has had some reminder of my father. I would buy him doughnuts, he expected them when I would walk through the door. I cannot tell you how much I miss doing that. I miss my phone calls with him, he would ask what i was bringing him that day. He always told me that he loved me . The night that he passed, he told me "I love you very much". It was a beautiful good bye.

The one thing that my father wanted was his family around him and to have his wife with him when he passed. My Mom was the one who found him, he passed in the middle of the night while my Mom was with him. He got his wish , I am so happy that he did get his wish, he deserved it because he was such a kind and giving person. He was home with his family, where he wanted to be. He transitioned with my Mom by his side.

My beautiful father will always be in my heart. I sometimes have dreams about him. I have had three so far and in all my dreams he looked happy, I take that as his way to communicate with me.

I love my father and miss him everyday but I know he is watching over us. We were all so fortunate to have him in our lives.

I love and miss you Papa💜

02/12/2016

"Although the days are busy and the workload is always growing, there are still those special moments when someone says or does something and you know you’ve made a difference in someone’s life. That’s why I became a nurse.”

— Diane McKenty