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The Program for Family Caregivers

by Peter Rosenberger | Mar 2, 2022 | Audio Library, Caregivers, Grief, Guilt, Health, Isolation, Loss of Identity, Loss of Independence, Podcast

What do you do to help a family caregiver? Is it just a matter of getting their loved one to stop acting out, and then the caregiver will be OK? Not hardly. Chronic impairments are not resolved quickly, and caregivers must strive towards healthiness and strength while...

Stressed Caregiving Daughter’s Mean Mother, Makes Her Want To Resume Drinking!

by Peter Rosenberger | Nov 4, 2019 | Caregivers, Dear Peter, Guilt, Hope For the Caregiver Blog

Dear Peter: I’m caring for my 93-year-old mother. She doesn’t have dementia, but she’s just mean! I’ve tried everything I can, but I can’t make her happy. I’ve been sober for 6 years, but she makes me want me to start drinking...

A Goal To Cure, A Passion To Care

by Peter Rosenberger | Apr 23, 2019 | Caregivers, Grief, Guilt, Health, Hope For the Caregiver Blog

Reflecting on the 35th Anniversary of Identifying HIV Following three terrifying years since first learning about a then-nameless but virtually always fatal illness, the world held its collective breath as HHS Secretary Margaret Heckler stood at the podium for a press...

Did a Caregiver for the Florida Shooter Call the Police 39 Times?

by Peter Rosenberger | Feb 19, 2018 | Caregivers, Guilt, Health, Isolation, Loss of Identity

Red Flags Revealed In the wake of the newest mass shooting evidence reveals that police were called to the home of the Florida shooter more than 3 dozen times. “Cruz was adopted. His adoptive mother, Lynda Cruz, died in November of pneumonia. Kathie Blaine, a...

“My Two Elaines” – Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer’s Caregiver,

by Peter Rosenberger | Oct 9, 2017 | Caregivers, Guilt, Health, Loss of Identity, Loss of Independence, Radio Show Interviews

“If there’s anything worse than Alzheimer’s, it’s ignorance of the disease.” — Marty Schreiber Alzheimer’s disease creeps slowly into a person’s life but never retreats. Eventually, the individual’s memory fails in too many important areas, and someone must keep...

It’s Stewardship Not Obligation

by Peter Rosenberger | Aug 18, 2017 | Caregivers, Guilt, Today's Caregiver Minute

“I’ve Got To…,” “I Need to…,” “You Don’t Understand, I Have To….” “It’s My Obligation to …” These are all statements made by all caregivers at some point, and, sadly, all too frequently. The feeling of obligation...

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