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    • 66 Ratings
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    "Don't Just Do Something; Stand There."

    JULY 28, 2010 8:00AM

    By RARobertsJr.


    Topics: caregiving, helping, grief, trauma, death and dying

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2107 Views
    • 62 Comments
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    Nice Gals Finish Last -- Financially

    NOVEMBER 17, 2010 8:53AM

    By Caitlin Kelly


    Topics: feminism, business, retirement, family savings, old age, caregiving, women

    • 40 Ratings
    • 1498 Views
    • 56 Comments
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    The Year I Got Old

    APRIL 13, 2010 12:46PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: women's health, irishmen, hair color, caregiving, stress, aging, gray hair, humor

    • Editor's Pick
    • 45 Ratings
    • 11977 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    Genuine Grief is No Illness.

    AUGUST 24, 2010 7:56AM

    By RARobertsJr.


    Topics: grief, sadness, broken heart, recovery, caregiving, listening, zen, compassion

    • 58 Ratings
    • 1555 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    Window Shopping for Death

    JANUARY 19, 2011 11:43AM

    By cartouche


    Topics: death with dignity, alzheimer's, caregiving, elderly care, aging

    • Editor's Pick
    • 46 Ratings
    • 1707 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    Do I Stay or Do I Go

    DECEMBER 13, 2010 7:59PM

    By Marty'sHusband


    Topics: choices, ann hathaway, love and other drugs, caregiving, stroke

    • Editor's Pick
    • 47 Ratings
    • 1782 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    Diminishing Daylight

    JANUARY 6, 2011 10:27PM

    By Bernadine Spitzsnogel


    Topics: open call, caregiving, alzheimers, family, life stories, john donne, for whom the bell tolls, belief/religion, health

    • Editor's Pick
    • 37 Ratings
    • 1157 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    Playing Catch With Mom

    FEBRUARY 27, 2011 10:16PM

    By Bernadine Spitzsnogel


    Topics: long-distance caregiver, aging parents, sundowning, caregiving

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 4022 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Last Request, My Dying Father Wants A Beer.

    JANUARY 14, 2010 2:46PM

    By Eden Simone


    Topics: death, hospice, death with dignity, father, caregiving

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 1168 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Left Hands

    SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 11:03PM

    By Bernadine Spitzsnogel


    Topics: mother, dementia, suicide, mental illness, caregiving, alzheimer's, love

    • 29 Ratings
    • 1702 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Shaving With Connie Francis, Chapter 14

    FEBRUARY 19, 2009 9:19AM

    By jimmymac1025


    Topics: family, caregiving, death

    • 22 Ratings
    • 1513 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Shaving with Connie Francis, Chapter Eight

    JANUARY 16, 2009 3:04PM

    By jimmymac1025


    Topics: elder care., caregiving, marriage, food

    • 32 Ratings
    • 953 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    you don't know zaj

    APRIL 21, 2010 9:33PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: anonymity, internet, open salon, writing, poetry, caregiving, friendship, compassion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 2943 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    No One to Watch Over Me

    AUGUST 9, 2012 1:55PM

    By Oryoki Bowl


    Topics: caregiver burnout, aging, disability, depression, mental illness, caretaking, caregiving, single living, divorce, marriage, family, families, caring for disabled family, disability, open call

    • 11 Ratings
    • 1049 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    Interview with Mr. E

    MAY 24, 2009 7:00PM

    By Mary Wollstonecraft


    Topics: mr. e, feminism, masculism, misandry, misogyny, caregiving, c hildren

    • 26 Ratings
    • 1607 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    Shaving With Connie Francis, Chapter 16

    MARCH 4, 2009 3:18PM

    By jimmymac1025


    Topics: eldercare, caregiving, death, family

    • 26 Ratings
    • 1759 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Shaving With Connie Francis, Chapter Two

    DECEMBER 11, 2008 10:06AM

    By jimmymac1025


    Topics: caregiving, elder care, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 5395 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    The Alzheimer's Project: Yikes!

    MAY 14, 2009 7:28AM

    By gailrae


    Topics: review, caregiving, dementia, hbo alzheimer's project series

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 9894 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    "Doing enough": The challenge of long-distance caregiving

    AUGUST 25, 2010 8:05AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: caregiving, elderly, eldercare, assisted living, dementia

    • 9 Ratings
    • 916 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Ten warning signs you're an adult

    APRIL 21, 2012 8:09AM

    By Caitlin Kelly


    Topics: health, caregiving, being responsible, growing up, feminism, family, responsibility, adulthood

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