Thanksgiving Parent crisis
“Cut Off” in The Family a ” Phantom Limb” at Thanksgiving
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Adult Sibling Rivalry at Thanksgiving- Where To Get Help?
At family rituals, like Thanksgiving this month adult siblings often are often brought back together. If you are one- will it be a happy feast or wrecked by holiday sibling rivalry??
Read MoreAre You Ready for Thanksgiving Calls From Caregivers ?
Stressed caregivers are getting ready for holiday travel. So care managers -get ready for the holiday rush -when these caregivers call you
Read MoreHow Storytelling at Thanksgiving Can Give Elders A Happier Family Holiday
storytelling at Thanksgiving using memories, helps children look forward to life- what is fun, what is scary, what never to do–it helps elders look back on their life. It gives both elders and kids people a chance to socialize ( and enjoy a turkey dinner in this case) as they tell their story.
Read MoreDo I Need Social Media for Holidays?
The holiday season is here when you will get the most referrals from adult children seeing their aging parents or relatives and alarms bells blaring that they need help. But how do they know your agency is 911- through marketing campaigns, especially social media.
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How to Help Avoid a Cat and Dog fight Among the Dysfunctional Family On Holidays
The Dysfunctional family on a holiday,especially after some holiday liquid cheer, sour step-parents, angry step-siblings and mid-life adult kids who have grown up in a dysfunctional family can turn into sparring cats and dogs with teeth bared and claws dug in flesh, at Thanksgiving dinner.
Read MoreAre You Ready for Thanksgiving Calls From Stressed Long Distance Caregivers ?
Stressed long-distance caregivers are getting ready for holiday travel. So care managers -get ready for the holiday rush -when these long-distance caregivers call you
Read MoreWarning Sign #2 You are Working With an Aging Dysfunctional Family
Fiscal abuse is a ” sleeper” form of abuse, yet a pernicious aging family problem. Adult children committed a whopping 40% of the abuse.
Read MoreWhen “Cut Off” in The Family is a ” Phantom Limb” at Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving will be upon us soon. Pieces of April is my favorite aging dysfunctional family ” cut off ” Thanksgiving film. Made as a comedy in 2003, it touches death and dying, sibling rivalry, mother-daughter estrangement, interracial love- and Alzheimer’s all fueled by deep family fault lines and how to cook a turkey on a broken stove.The film manages to make the old theme of fraught family Thanksgiving, crisp, funny and ultra worth watching.
Read MoreThe Ice Storm Cometh Again This Thanksgiving For Aging Parents
If you’re in your 50’s or 60″s and grew up with parents who went haywire through 70’s social change, you will remember the ice storm.
Divorce imploded the family, as we knew it. If you were a parent then you may recall, Key Parties, or Nixon Resigning, Deep Throat, or hear David Bowie who did the soundtrack to the film..Children of this 70’s social tumult may now share another Thanksgiving with aging parents who put them through hell. What will they do when they find they have to care for those same parents who did not care for them?
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