by TPC Admin | May 31, 2022 | Caregivers, Communication, Coping Techniques, Daily Living, Relationships, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized |
By Sherry Thorne Our spouses/significant others do not live with the actual, physical pain we do, but they do live with the pain. Our pain affects them in ways we don’t fully understand, just as they do not fully understand the actual pain we feel. They get...
by TPC Admin | Nov 30, 2019 | Caregivers, Opioid Impact Series, Pain Policy |
Submitted by a Member of The Pain Community. Since the CDC issued the opioid guidelines back in 2016, they have not only done extreme damage to the chronic pain and chronic illness communities, they have made being a caregiver to my loved one so much harder. What has...
by TPC Admin | Dec 12, 2018 | Caregivers, Daily Living |
Life takes us all on a journey, it twists and turns and you end up in places you never expected. Pain is not just physical but it is also psychological and impacts everything we see, do, feel and experience. Being a healthcare provider does not protect one from...
by TPC Admin | Nov 22, 2018 | Caregivers |
Wikipedia defines caregiving as “an unpaid or paid person who helps another individual with an impairment with his or her activities of daily living”. There is one type of caregiver that is missing from most caregiving lists. They are the caregivers for people living...
by TPC Admin | Dec 22, 2015 | Caregivers, Communication, Coping Techniques, Daily Living, Relationships |
by Maggie Buckley and Carolyn Noel 1. “Just LET ME DO IT!!!” Maggie – I remember an experience I had with my cousin while traveling in Las Vegas. She kept swooping in to carry my stuff, pick up my purchase or pick up my food order just as I was reaching for it. I had...
by Jim Stemple | Mar 31, 2015 | Caregivers |
As caregivers we all have been in that spot where our loved one is sick and needs us more than usual. Living with daily pain takes so much out of our loved ones and friends. Add on the flu and you have a mixture of violent waves of nastiness with epic proportions’....
