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  • KReneeC Apr 10, 2012 @ 10:19 pm | delete
    I think this is a very important subject that is overlooked a lot of the times. Its especially difficult to the caregivers that did not necessarily have a choice in being a caregiver... What a wonderful lens.
  • LewesDE Feb 17, 2012 @ 12:31 pm | delete
    Love this lens!
  • aj2008 Aug 26, 2011 @ 5:47 am | delete
    My grief comes and goes because I do not see my mother every day. But I speak to my father every day and feel his pain so much. I guess my grief is for both my parents - the fact that next month they will have been married for 60 years. It is so hard to know what to do to celebrate. My mother may not be very lucid on the day of the anniversary, but if she is, it will just heighten her pain of missing my Dad and not being able to be at home with him.

    I guess the way I deal with it, is to be there for my Dad as much as possible and try not to dwell on it too much when we are not together or talking on the phone because there really is nothing else I can do.
  • gottaloveit Jun 21, 2011 @ 9:02 am | delete
    This lens is so right on, it's almost spooky. I'm my 94 year old Mom's caregiver (full time) and haven't had a moment to grieve for my father who died in 2007. Mom came home to me the very next day. We have good days and bad days. I've learned to flow with the bad days and exalt the good days. Thanks for all of the wonderful resources.
  • gonzalezdenise Jun 19, 2011 @ 6:52 pm | delete
    Great lens, thanks so much.
  • ajgodinho Feb 6, 2011 @ 2:32 pm | delete
    This is a great resource for caregivers helping them cope and deal with grief. **Blessed by a Squid-Angel**
  • Oct 5, 2010 @ 9:11 am | delete
    Nice
  • homecarediva May 8, 2009 @ 5:41 am | delete
    It is nice that you mention Nancy Reagan, she is great woman. And most proper example of real caregiver. Nice lense!
  • PaulaFarris Apr 5, 2008 @ 1:34 pm | delete
    Excellent information here! As a caregiver for my Mom who has Alzheimer's I am all too acquainted with the greif associated with this kind of caregiving. Resources like yours are a blessing. Thank you.

    Paula Farris
    "The Recovering Nonachiever"
    http://dementia--ontheoutsidelookingin.blogspot.com/
  • Mar 29, 2008 @ 1:17 pm | delete
    Your Lens provides a valuable resource for Caregivers in need of moral support. Good work!
  • Home-healthcare Feb 21, 2008 @ 9:23 pm | delete
    I have experienced caregiver grief in the 1990's (husband and others very close to me) and again since 2003 with the multi-year decline of Mama with Dementia and Daddy's heart attacks, congestive heart failure, failing kidneys... and death. It is easy to see why caregiver burnout and caregiver suicide are on the rise in this country. If I did not have my relationship with God, I do not know how I would have coped and survived! My heart goes out to caregivers everywhere, and I understand their pain and grief! My life is now devoted to helping them, and it means so much to meet people like YOU.

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Kirsti A. Dyer MD, MS, FT is a respected physician, an expert in life challenges, loss, grief and bereavement, professional health educator, professor,... more »

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