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August 24, 2011 by David Gillaspie
You’ve heard it before, “Hate the war, love the warrior”; “hate the process, love the results?” Adapted for Parkinson’s, it …
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Category: family caregiver, parkinson's
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Tags: boomer generation, caregiver tactics, caregiving, Conditions and Diseases, David Gillaspie, dementia, depression, elder care, family caregiving, memoir, Neurological disorder, Portland Oregon, Sandwich Generation
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July 18, 2011 by David Gillaspie
OR HOW A GOOD IDEA MAKES BEST FRIENDS On a recent Saturday, last Saturday, every good dog in the Portland area met …
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Category: caregiving, family caregiver, parkinson's
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Tags: Brian Grant, caregiving, David Gillaspie, Dog, family caregiver, Oregon, Oregon Health Science University, parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, Portland Oregon, Sandwich Generation
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April 27, 2011 by David Gillaspie
Your Parkinson’s Primer With Parkinson’s in your life, the sun feels like it’s on a dimmer switch. You don’t slide …
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Category: health care, parkinson's
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Tags: boomer generation, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, Conditions and Diseases, David Gillaspie, family caregiver, health, Medtronic, Neurological Disorders, Organizations, Parkinson, Parkinson's Disease, Sandwich Generation, Support Groups
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April 4, 2011 by David Gillaspie
Comes a time in many lives when you hear reasonable suggestions. Colleges warn against helicopter parents swooping in to heroically solve their kid’s …
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Category: caregiving, Couples, housing, parkinson's
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Tags: Army medic, caregiving, comfort dog, culture, education, helicopter parents, home nurse, miracle, relationships, Sandwich Generation
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December 3, 2010 by David Gillaspie
The fight you don’t want, but you don’t make the schedule. This is a fight everyone loses. You didn’t ask for …
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Category: MMA, parkinson's
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Tags: aging, Alzheimer’s, boomer generation, caregiver tactics, caregiving, disease, elder care, family caregiver, family caregiving, fight, fighters, fighting, George Foreman, humor, illness, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, medical, Medicine, MMA, Muhammad Ali, parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, parkinson's teatment, quality of life, Sandwich Generation, sports, stress, Thomas Hearns
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August 4, 2010 by David Gillaspie
or A Reason To Wrestle My best friend from high school and ever after talked about being in shape. Since …
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Category: education, parkinson's, wrestling
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Tags: aging, amateur wrestling, boomer generation, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, college wrestling, David Gillaspie, education, elder care, elderly, family caregiver, family caregiving, fear, high school wrestling, sports, writer, writing
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July 2, 2010 by David Gillaspie
FOR PARKINSON’S My oldest son Tyler saw my approach to dealing with his grandfather’s Parkinson’s and called it ‘not medically …
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Category: caregiving, exersise, health care, parkinson's
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Tags: aging, boomer generation, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, competition, dementia, depression, elder care, end of life, family caregiver, family caregiving, humor, life, parkinson's, Parkinson's Coach, Parkinson's Disease, respite care, Sandwich Generation, shakeittillwemakeit, sports, writer, writing
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June 30, 2010 by David Gillaspie
shakeittillwemakeit.com I participated in my children’s’ sports and didn’t go crazy. After one season watching kindergarten rec league soccer from the …
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Category: caregiving, education, exersise, family caregiver, medicine, parkinson's
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Tags: aging, Alzheimer’s, art, boomer generation, Brian Grant, cancer, caregiver tactics, coach, coaching, dementia, depression, elder care, elderly, family caregiver, family caregiving, Marine Corps, Michael J. Fox, Muhammad Ali, music, parent care, parkinson's, Parkinson's Coach, Pat Riley, people, physical education, Sandwich Generation, shakeittillwemakeit, stress
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June 18, 2010 by David Gillaspie
If you have something to say, how do you say it? Shout it from the mountain top? Who do you …
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Category: caregiving, education, money, parkinson's
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Tags: Autism, benefit, Brian Grant, fundraising, Michael J. Fox, Muhammad Ali, Nike, Parkinson's Disease, Pat Kilkenny, Pat Riley, Phil Knight, Sammy Carlson, Scott Rowley, TACA, The Brian Grant Foundation
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June 9, 2010 by David Gillaspie
If you are involved with your family, you may become a caregiver. That’s not a statement as much as it …
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Category: caregiving, education, exersise, family caregiver, medicine, parkinson's
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Tags: aging, Alzheimer’s, boomer generation, cancer, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, dementia, depression, end of life, family, family caregiver, memoir, primary caregiver, Sandwich Generation, stress
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September 21, 2009 by David Gillaspie
When we learn the facts of life the part about aging never comes up. “You’ll understand when you get …
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Tags: aging, cancer, caregiving, dementia, disease, elderly, emotioin, end of life treatment, enthusiasm, faith, family caregiver, football, life, marriage, parkinson's, pioneer, primary caregiver, Sandwich Generation, trust
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September 14, 2009 by David Gillaspie
What could make you step forward and volunteer as a family caregiver? If you look only within yourself you …
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Category: family, family caregiver, parkinson's
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Tags: caregiving, dementia, elder care, essay, family, family caregiver, parkinson's, primary caregiver, Sandwich Generation, volunteer
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August 24, 2009 by David Gillaspie
Every relationship has conflict and joy, the proverbial two-way street. Resolve conflict the right way and the relationships grow …
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Category: caregiving, Couples, family caregiver, medicine, parkinson's, wellness
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Tags: caregiving, culture, education, family, family caregiver, learning, parkinson's, people, primary caregiver, Sandwich Generation
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July 21, 2009 by David Gillaspie
Police cars, an ambulance and a fire truck rolled up outside the neighbor’s house one morning. I didn’t see any smoke. He came …
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Tags: elderly, extended family, family, family caregiver, parkinson's, Sandwich Generation
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July 21, 2009 by David Gillaspie
You know you’re living next to a family caregiver when the transportation parked at the curb changes from car to carpool, elder bus …
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Category: caregiving, family, medicine, parkinson's
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Tags: caregiving, death and dying, drama, family, family caregiver, medical, parkinson's, Sandwich Generation
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July 20, 2009 by David Gillaspie
A neighbor stops by DG’s B&B for a few hours. It’s nothing regular, he just comes to vent: “Family caregiving always …
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Tags: caregiver, character, elderly, family caregiver, Sandwich Generation
