by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 14, 2025 | Caregiving
Words For Those Who Care #6 She keeps going. Her voice is soft. Her attempts at annunciation tend to leave her words slurred together due to the effects of Parkinson’s disease. She walks slowly, precariously on the verge of a fall at any moment. The disease has...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 7, 2025 | Caregiving
Words For Those Who Care #5 I love this bit of wisdom from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, “Denial helps us to pace our feelings of grief. There is a grace in denial. It is nature’s way of letting in only as much as we can handle.” And grief is the appropriate word here. Any...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 31, 2025 | Caregiving
Words For Those Who Care #4 People never seem to ask when you’re ready for them. These surprise attacks can happen in waiting rooms, on elevators, or in the bleachers. “What’s wrong with your hands? Does your mother have Alzheimer’s? Why were you in the hospital?” In...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 24, 2025 | Caregiving
Words For Those Who Care #3 For many family caregivers, the notion of self-care seems counterintuitive. You might even feel a twinge of guilt for resting, exercising, or doing something to rejuvenate. But, if you don’t, you’ll burn out faster. In this spirit, today’s...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 17, 2025 | Caregiving
Words For Those Who Care #2 As you lean into your unique situation, remember, there is grace for you! If no one else has ever extended it, or if you have a supremely difficult time believing it, allow me to extend some grace to you: You are forgiven. Today is a new...
