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June 5, 2012 by David Gillaspie
If severe illness limits mobility, what do you do? If sitting is the safest place besides bed, how do you …
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Category: Oregon Sports News
| Tags: boomer generation, caregiver tactics, caregiving, dementia, Easter egg, exercise, family caregiving, health, Humpty Dumpty, Joe Louis, mental health, Muhammad Ali, neruons, New York Times, Parkinson's Disease, physical education, sports
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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
| 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 19, 2011 by David Gillaspie
It Starts Early (edited after being told on) 0. Are you the right gender? Check early pictures to see …
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Category: caregiving, family
| Tags: boomer generation, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, family caregiver, family caregiving, hate, life, people, Sandwich Generation, writer, writing
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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
| 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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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
| 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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October 26, 2010 by David Gillaspie
A Dark Parody 1. You Don’t Smoke? If you want to create empathy with a loved one, light up. You’re a …
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Category: caregiving
| Tags: aging, boomer generation, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, elder care, elderly, end of life, family caregiver, family caregiving, health, Jodie Foster, John Hinckley, Obesity, people, Sandwich Generation, Senior Health, writer, writing
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August 30, 2010 by David Gillaspie
(written for http://blog.aarp.org/shaarpsession/2010/08/blog_your_way_to_orlando_with.html) AARP Orlando @ 50 conference will be a ripping success no matter who blogs the event. When a group …
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Category: caregiving, family caregiver, travel
| Tags: AARP, AARP Orlando@50, blogger, blogging, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, culture, education, elder care, elderly, family caregiver, family caregiving, humor, life, people, Sandwich Generation, writer, writing