by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 28, 2020 | Resilience
Profiles in Resilience #3 Midge and John are two of the most resilient people I know. John has been living with Parkinson’s disease for over twenty years. He has done Deep Brain Stimulation, all kinds of meds, and he keeps going…and well at that. John has...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 21, 2020 | Resilience
Profiles in Resilience #2 Limping and waddling his way toward me, his cheek-to-cheek smile greets me long before his aching body arrives. Wayne is one of my heroes. Disease and life experience have sabotaged his health, but he continues to expose his jumbled...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 14, 2020 | Resilience
Profiles in Resilience #1 Service to others. This is the life they have known and lived. He worked for 33 years as a public official. For more than a decade, he continued to work through the inconveniences of Parkinson’s disease. Always quick with a joke or a...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 8, 2020 | Caregiving
Good Habits for Caregivers & Patients #3 The list of potential self-care measures is seemingly endless. So much so, that you may be overwhelmed or think you have to do too much. You don’t. Remember, a little bit of something is better than a whole lot of...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 31, 2020 | Caregiving
Good Habits for Caregivers & Patients #2 “I am losing my hair, and I have a terrible rash. I have developed a hump on my back, I have gained 40 pounds, I can’t sleep, and I don’t even know who I am when I look in the mirror. I don’t look like myself and I don’t...
