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On Tuesday’s ‘Be A Healthy Caregiver’ show, I visited with Denise Brown on Caregiving.com to discuss our upcoming Caregiving Cruise on the Norwegian Sky leaving out of Miami, Florida on November 11, 2013. You can listen to our show by clicking here
No, this isn’t me or Denise, But they sure look happy frolicking in the ocean in the Bahamas. We will, too!
Denise and I spoke about our goals for the cruise: To connect you with others who understand Caregiving, to have fun and to relax. We’re thrilled to be able to offer this opportunity to cruise with you. We’ve got a special price for our cruise, which includes the cost of the cruise, a one-hour cocktail party and three one-hour workshops. To make sure we keep this special rate, book your cruise by March 15.
Have a special need? Our travel agent (and expert) Jerry Dismaris is a Certified Travel Advocate and will be able to work with you to meet all of your special needs. Jerry will also be able to help with transportation to Miami. He is a full-serve cruise agent!
To learn more about our cruise and to book your reservation, click here
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...But Cancer Does Not Have Us!
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On Tuesday February 26th at 1:00 pm, we welcome Denise Brown from Caregiving.com to our ‘Be A Healthy Caregiver’ show on Blog Talk Radio .
The Purple Jacket Highly recommends Caregiving.com
On Tuesday’s show, not only will we be talking with one of the leading Caregiving experts in the country, we will be sharing some exciting news about our upcoming Caregiving cruise in November of 2013. For more information on our Caregiving Cruise, simply click here.
Our show is available live at 1:00 pm with optional chat room for you to ask questions to our guest. (Our show is archived so you can listen at your convenience.) To access our show, simply click here.
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If you are a caregiver, have been a caregiver, or about to be a caregiver…please take a moment and visit my friend at Concsious Departures. This is without a doubt one of the best Caregiving blogs on the Interent!
A good friend of mine mentioned Conscious Departures on Facebook last week and it generated quite a bit more activity than usual. It’s a little ironic because I have held back from posting anything on Facebook since I first published this blog site last March. For most bloggers this might be heresy especially since I have somewhere over 700 Facebook friends.
The reason for my reluctance has been mostly due to the purpose behind this blog, not because I am unclear about it, but because of my own discomfort to encourage people to spend any time focusing on death except as a very good way to put things into perspective. As I explain on the “about” page, I am attempting to get people to think about end-of-life (EOL) caregiving issues before they are smack in the middle of them. Why? Because that’s a horrible time to get up to speed…
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On Tuesday February 19th at 1:00 pm, we welcome Frank Ruppen from “You’re Covered Insurance Services to our ‘Be A Healthy Caregiver’ show on Blog Talk Radio .
Understanding Life, Health and Long Term Care Insurance can be complex. This has been exacerbated with the passing of the Affordable Care Act.
Through Frank’s hands on approach to educating and ensuring his clients understand and have the proper coverage at the best rates, Frank will help us all ‘Be A Healthy Caregiver’ by sharing his expertise on all the upcoming changes to the Affordable Care Act.
Our show is available live at 1:00 pm with optional chat room for you to ask questions to our guest. (Our show is archived so you can listen at your convenience.) To access our show, simply click here.
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On Tuesday February 12th at 1:00 pm, we welcome Dr. Loren Olson author of ‘Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight, a Psychiatrist’s Own Story’ to our ‘Be A Healthy Caregiver’ show on Blog Talk Radio .
Dr. Olson will be talking about his book ‘Finally Out: Letting Go of The Straight Life, A Psychiatrist’s Own Story’ , along with his upcoming appearances in Florida as well as his unexpected Caregiving experience.
Average … he’s not. Not only did Dr. Olson complete medical school, serve four years as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy, and embark upon a successful career as a psychiatrist; he also had a compatible eighteen year marriage and raised two daughters with his attorney wife, Lynn, before facing up to a difficult truth about himself: he is gay.
Through Dr. Olson’s expertise, we will all learn how to ‘Be A Healthy Caregiver’
To visit Dr. Olson website and to purchase his book, simply click here.
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Week 4 Weigh Inn
You’ll have to look close! 🙂
This past week in dieting has been a challenge, but I have learned plenty of good lessons this week,too.
While I make it a point to walk every day this week, I only got in 10 miles on the bike. Why is that…Busy at work, busy at Caregiving, but too busy for myself
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So, since you can’t really see the scale…it is important for me to own up to it… I gained 1 lbs back this week. Not to bad when you come to think about, but I come out of this week knowing that I have to make more time for myself. If I am going to Be A Healthy Caregiver, I have to take care of myself too!
Luckily with the support of our #VRide team at Caregiving.com , I know that I can get back on track.
Speaking of our #VRide Team, did you see our first virtual visit today to one of our family caregivers. Check out the video of our #VRide moderated by Denise Brown at Caregiving.com. You can seen the video by simply clicking here.
Now that we’ve made it to our first stop, we are now planning our second virtual visit, we’ll be announcing that soon!
Check out all our #VRide participants at Caregiving.com
Continue to follow my progress here at ‘The Purple Jacket.”
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…But Cancer Does Not Have US!
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On Tuesday February 5th at 1:00 pm, we welcome author, Dr. Diana Denholm of ‘The Caregiving Wife’s Handbook’ to our ‘Be A Healthy Caregiver’ show on Blog Talk Radio .
Dr. Diana Denholm
Drawing from her own Caregiving experience and those of six real life Caregiving wives interviewed for her book, Dr. Denholm offers her readers creative ideas, inspiration and lots of practical tools women can use to deal with the most common issues faced when husbands suffer from a protracted illness.
Through her work and experience, Dr. Denholm is going to show us how we all can ‘Be A Healthy Caregiver!’
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3rd VRide Weigh Inn
We are now moving into week three of our VRide to promote Caregivers Health. This week I logged just over 40 miles on the Stationary Bike and 10 miles on foot. While I did not expect to lose as much weight as I did in week 2, I am down 1 lbs from last week. I thing that is an accomplishment considering we went to a Mardi Gras Party on Saturday Night. I will admit that I cheated just a bit at the party. But, hey…you can’t diet all the time!
Happy Mardi Gras Everyone…
Check out all our #VRide participants at Caregiving.com
Continue to follow my progress here at ‘The Purple Jacket.”
We Might Have Cancer…
…But Cancer Does Not Have US!
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Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2015, Our Caregiving Story "In Sickness and In Health: A Couple's Final Journey" written by Diane Lade and photgraphed by Carline Jean from The South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Click on the photo to be taken to the original story. Photo Credit Carline Jean/Sun-Sentinel
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