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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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March 19, 2012 by David Gillaspie
(originally published: http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/03/the_right_gym_matters.html) Not everyone joins a gym to model the outfit they found under the Christmas tree, or test …
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Category: exersise, health care
| Tags: 24 Hour Fitness, Bench press, boomer generation, caregiving, David Gillaspie, essay, fitness, God, gym, health, Oregon, people, Physical exercise, Religion and Spirituality, writer
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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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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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
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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
| 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 11, 2010 by David Gillaspie
If you didn’t know anything about sports and saw this shot, you’d be a baseball fan. Mickey Mantle could do …
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Category: exersise, family, medicine, sports, wellness
| Tags: aging, boomer generation, caregiver, caregiving, chronic pain, culture, diet, education, end of life, family caregiver, fitness, humor, life, mickey mantle, New York Yankees, Troy Aikman, weight loss, weight training, 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
| 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 15, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Kids may not want their parents at every practice and every wrestling match. They want their own time. But I wanted to …
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Category: education, exersise, family caregiver, wrestling
| Tags: aging, amateur wrestling, boomer generation, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, college wrestling, creative nonfiction, family caregiver, people, primary caregiver, Sandwich Generation, sports, writer, writing
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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
| 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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March 17, 2010 by David Gillaspie
I’m not a dentist but I pull teeth, wrestling teeth. If you are a wrestler, or an ex-wrestler, I’ll find …
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Category: education, wellness, wrestling
| Tags: amateur wrestling, caregiver, caregiving, DVT, education, family caregiving, Grandparents, high school wrestling, sports, wrestling
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March 16, 2010 by David Gillaspie
A public gym tells the tale. That’s where you’ll find guys who have done nothing competitively crushing on the dip …
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Category: education, wellness, wrestling
| Tags: caregiving, culture, emotions, exercise, family, gym, high school wrestling, life, people, workout, wrestling
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December 14, 2009 by David Gillaspie
By David Gillaspie Would you offer a drowning man a lifeline? Douse someone on fire? Hound Tiger Woods out of the country? It’s …
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Category: education, family, sports
| Tags: adultery, caregiving, celebrity gossip, David Gillaspie, essay, marriage, marriage vows, professional golf, sports, Tiger Woods
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November 17, 2009 by David Gillaspie
IT ALWAYS MATTERS The man in the hospital bed was not the man who gave his step-daughter to me at our wedding. The …
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Category: caregiving, education, wrestling
| Tags: aging, Alzheimer’s, amateur wrestling, baby boomer, boomer generation, cancer, care, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, college wrestling, combined family, competition, David Gillaspie, dementia, depression, elder care, elderly, emotions, end of life, essay, family caregiver, family caregiving, fear, high school wrestling, learning, long term care, memoir, Oregon, Oregon wrestling, parent care, parents, parkinson's, primary caregiver, Sandwich Generation, senior issues, sports, stress, victory, winning, wrestling
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November 13, 2009 by David Gillaspie
WITH GENTLE CARE Ask any family caregiver who’s gone for the cycle to recall their best memory. Just one. If they cared …
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Category: caregiving
| Tags: aging, Alzheimer’s, baby boomer, boomer generation, cancer, care, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, combined family, dementia, depression, dogs, elder care, elderly, emotions, end of life, essay, family caregiver, family caregiving, fear, life, long term care, love, marriage, Matlock, memoir, memory, miracle, Oregon, parent care, parents, parkinson's, primary caregiver, reading, Sandwich Generation, senior issues, stress
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