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Does anyone use private journaling or storywriting to reduce their stress? I've just read an amazing story written by a woman about the subject on another website. Maybe it would help to write about hopes and dreams.
hi, i've decided to do storytelling of a different sort. I kept a typical journal for many years.... all focused on me. this caregiving animal is a beast all it's own!! I've decided to challenge myself to an uplifting view of this job, and we'll note that some days there are not entries. i can adjust me, but i cannot adjust mom or her reactions to me. Since this was asked a while ago, what did you decide to do? Did you write?
I keep two types of journals. I kept a calendar about events that happened and special moments that occurred while my father was ill. It was useful when answering questions for doctors and other individuals like family members. I have started one with my mother. I keep another journal for myself and have given it the title "Random Thoughts " so that it can hold stories, thoughts, quotations, and other items that give me support. One thing I have decided about keeping journals is that there is not one way to do so, and it should be a joy and not a task that must be done at certain times. Good luck with journal writing and thank you for bringing up this topic.
seastar - I will follow your blog. I have one active now, and one I am activating tomorrow.I post stories as well as care and nutrition tips. I look forward to connecting on Blogspot
I read poems to my mom. The poems are by a newspaper poet from the 30's named Edgar Guest. The poems are "everyday" messages of living life with a positive attitude. We both really enjoy this reading time together.
golfbhard, I only started my blog because I was afraid that I'd forget how this time in my life felt on the daily basis. I don't get to write everyday; sometimes life gets in my way! The blog has been helpful for me as I have a lot of folks asking 'how's mom?'. I can write things that I sometimes find difficult to say over and over.
xmart, I love these poems! what a wonderful idea! :)
I've been journaling since I was 14, I got through one a month. I don't drink, smoke, take drugs, fool around or binge, I write...and if anyone here read them they'd be really really surprised and I do not care. Ya do what you have to in these types of situations there worse things than going through ink and paper... If I tried to publish this stuff I'd have to wait till most everyone was dead first...
I agree with Jsomebody about how my journals could not be shared or published until either I died or a couple of other people did. Like most of us, I have dealt with some bizarre stuff; mine started when I turned 9 years old. Reading, keeping journals, writing stories ( sometimes just in my head) have kept me somewhat sane. I think caregivers have very few outlets and writing is one of them.
Story writing can be immensely helpful. I not only provide care for my mother who has end stage Alzheimer's but I also lead other recreation therapists like myself in using expressive arts for the therapeutic benefits. Creative non-fiction is one form of writing that helps - sort of pretending that you are writing your story for a movie, using expressive, descriptive words and phrases. But the technique I love most is re-framing. Seeing the situation in a different light or making meaning (sense) of what is happening. And even better is the creative re-writing or dreams and wishes technique. I've used it myself and it certainly helps, especially when I leave Mom's nursing home crying.
Well instead of a journal or storytelling, I decided to start a blog - NanaPennypockets.com - where I write about the challenges facing families with an aging parent. I'm focusing mostly on the challenges of aging for seniors as there is very little written about it from a senior's point of view. I'm a retired RN who had a Home Health Agency so know caregiving and eldercare well. But now as a senior myself there's another whole side to the story from my viewpoint that I feel needs to get told for others to learn about.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
I agree that:
A.
I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
B.
APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
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APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
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If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
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You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
Since this was asked a while ago, what did you decide to do? Did you write?
I look forward to connecting on Blogspot
Ruth
xmart, I love these poems! what a wonderful idea! :)