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At Western Care Partners, we continually strive to support and educate our clients on how to handle many of the challenges we face as our loved ones age. We hope you find our blog informative! Please contact us with questions on how we can further help you and your loved ones throughout life.
How to Keep the Hard Stuff from Playing Red Rover with Your Heart
My friend just told me she had to trick her daughter into working with old people. I have doubts that the daughter will ever read
Grieving Change
Joan and I talked through her obsession with George, a childhood-into-adulthood crush. Her daughter told me, “When she talks about him, that’s when you know
Fly Your Own Kite
You are not responsible for disappointment when you do not meet the expectations others have for you. Many of us never see our childhood upbringings
Deep Holes
It’s always nice to find people who don’t think you have a big hole in your life to fill just because you don’t have children.
When Being told “You’re Right” is Wrong
I should’ve caught the warning sign when my client, a woman in her 60s, and her long-haired adult son pulled out a glam shot album
5 Lifehacks to Help Boomer Parents
Maybe you were already considering your next move on how to help a parent before COVID-19 came stomping into your life. Or maybe the person
A Very Unique Bird – Part 2
Once Mary knew where I lived, it wasn’t long before I noticed her walking past my house more often, that blue eyeshadow and a puffy
A Very Unique Bird Indeed – Part 1
It wasn’t the fact that Mary’s eye shadow almost matched the Comet she had failed to clean off her toilet seat or that our first
Fresh Heart: The Art of Not Losing Yourself
I recently asked a client with memory loss, “Who knows you best right now?” She was very aware of her journey through the early stages
Does this Sandwich Generation Come with a Pickle? – Part 2
Continued from Part 1: In some cases, being invisible has tremendous benefits….[it] is like having a superpower…until you need to be seen, until you need
Does this Sandwich Generation Come with a Pickle? – Part 1
I don’t mind being touched when I’m taking a yoga class as long as the instructor asks first. Generally, that’s how yoga rolls: early on
How to Take Christmas into your Own Hands at 83
I’m not an expert on the subject of crows but it didn’t surprise me that Ty was. Within five minutes of me coming through the