-
February 17, 2012 by David Gillaspie
Read The Warning A friend of DG’s B&B has been around the last few days after an unexplained absence. His …
Continue reading
Category: health care, medicine
| Tags: aging, boomer generation, cigarette, elderly, electronic cigarette, fear, health, health hazzard, Smoking, Smoking cessation, substance abuse, surgery, Tobacco, Tobacco smoking
-
December 14, 2011 by David Gillaspie
by David Gillaspie (originally posted on oregonsportsnews.com) The question of whether leaders are born or made is pointless to sports fans. …
Continue reading
Category: football, sports
| Tags: athletics, coaching, David Gillaspie, education, elderly, Lake Oswego Oregon, Oregon, Oregon high school football, Portland Oregon, Steve Coury
-
September 26, 2011 by David Gillaspie
Veteran readers have a grip on what DG’s B&B is all about. They find a sports take, an education shake, …
Continue reading
Category: family, home, kids
| Tags: aging, boomer generation, Broadway Rose, cancer, culture, David Gillaspie, elderly, essay, I Love You Because, Musical theatre, New York City, Theatre
-
June 25, 2011 by David Gillaspie
When you care about something, you can pretend it’s not about you. But it is. You choose to care. When …
Continue reading
Category: Alzheimer’s, education
| Tags: aging, caregiver, Caregiver Support, elder care, elderly, family caregiver, health, Home care, Home Health, Nursing home, parkinson's, Senior Health, United States
-
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 …
Continue reading
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
-
September 14, 2010 by David Gillaspie
(please visit http://uphillwriting.org/) If experience makes a better story, then telling that story is less about story; it’s about the amazing experience, …
Continue reading
Category: education, England, friends, love, travel, writing
| Tags: Arts, authors, culture, Edgar Allan Poe, elderly, England, George Washington, Herman Melville, high school wrestling, John Irving, Ken Kesey, people, writer, writing
-
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 …
Continue reading
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
-
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 …
Continue reading
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
-
July 20, 2010 by David Gillaspie
IS PRIMARY CAREGIVING WASTED ON THE AFFLICTED? If you haven’t been there, then you’ve heard the story: someone’s health takes …
Continue reading
Category: family, family caregiver, wellness
| Tags: aging, boomer generation, caregiver tactics, diabetes, divorce, elderly, learning, Marine Corps, parent care, parents, primary caregiver, stress
-
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 …
Continue reading
Category: caregiving, education, exersise, family caregiver, medicine, parkinson's
| 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
-
June 30, 2010 by David Gillaspie
How does it work out that every time schools have a shortage of funds, PE, art, and music get targeted …
Continue reading
Category: education, exersise
| Tags: aging, art class, boomer generation, competition, culture, elderly, essay, family, high school wrestling, music class, people, physical education, school, sports, wrestling
-
November 24, 2009 by David Gillaspie
A MAX ANGEL SINGS OUT Every culture expresses their reverence for life by their care for one another. The most …
Continue reading
Category: caregiving, education
| Tags: Aaron Bailey, abandoned, aging, Alden Bailey, angel, children, elderly, james bulger, kidnapping, kitty genovese, life, Orianne Greene, Portland Oregon, TriMet
-
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 …
Continue reading
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
-
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 …
Continue reading
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
-
November 12, 2009 by David Gillaspie
AND THE OTHER WAY AROUND The family caregiver rolls through the day with a partner if their loved one is married. It’s a sandwich …
Continue reading
Category: caregiving
| Tags: aging, Alzheimer’s, baby boomer, books, boomer generation, cancer, care, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, combined family, dementia, depression, Devon England, elder care, elderly, emotions, end of life, England, essay, family caregiver, family caregiving, fear, life, long term care, love, M.A.S.H., marriage, Matlock, memoir, miracle, Oregon, parent care, parents, parkinson's, primary caregiver, reading, Sandwich Generation, senior issues, stress, Zane Grey
-
November 9, 2009 by David Gillaspie
IN A WORLD OF HURT What is the common response when asked “How are you?” Most agree that, “Fine. How …
Continue reading
Category: caregiving
| Tags: aging, Alzheimer’s, Baby Boomers, boomer generation, cancer, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, combined family, communication, dementia, depression, elder care, elderly, emotions, end of life, essay, family caregiver, family caregiving, fear, friendship, life, manners, memoir, miracle, Oregon, parent care, parents, parkinson's, primary caregiver, Sandwich Generation, stress
-
November 2, 2009 by David Gillaspie
WHERE IT SHOWS, WHERE IT DOESN’T Football on television always shows the sidelines of the winners and the losers. Look closely and …
Continue reading
Category: caregiving
| Tags: aging, Alzheimer’s, baby boomer, boomer generation, cancer, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, dementia, depression, elder care, elderly, emotions, end of life, essay, family caregiver, family caregiving, fear, hospital care, life, medical options, miracle, Oregon, parent care, parents, parkinson's, primary caregiver, Sandwich Generation, stress
-
October 30, 2009 by David Gillaspie
WHAT YOU SEE AND WHAT YOU DON’T What You See: In a grocery store juice aisle a middle aged man hands two quarts of V-8 …
Continue reading
Category: caregiving, family caregiver
| Tags: aging, Baby Boomers, boomer generation, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, dementia, elder care, elderly, essay, family caregiver, family caregiving, fear, Greatest Generation, humor, parkinson's, perception, point of view, primary caregiver, Sandwich Generation
-
October 15, 2009 by David Gillaspie
TEN SECONDS, TEN SECONDS From the outside looking in, all caregiving stories end the same; someone runs out of time. …
Continue reading
Category: caregiving, wrestling
| Tags: aging, amateur wrestling, boomer generation, cancer, care, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, competition, culture, Dan Gable, depression, education, elder care, elderly, emotions, essay, family caregiver, family caregiving, fear, high school wrestling, life, memoir, miracle, Olympic wrestling, Oregon, people, perception, Sandwich Generation, sports, sports fan, story, stress, time, victory, wrestling
-
October 10, 2009 by David Gillaspie
CHECK DOWN The VA hospital asks a few things of its patients. One is showing up. If you’re a …
Continue reading
Category: caregiving
| Tags: aging, Alzheimer’s, boomer generation, cancer, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, combined family, dementia, depression, elder care, elderly, emotions, end of life, essay, family caregiver, family caregiving, fear, life, memoir, miracle, Oregon, parent care, parents, parkinson's, primary caregiver, Sandwich Generation, stress, team building, VA hospital
DG's B&B 