Category: Connection
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Family Caregivers Strike Up Friendship at the Bowling Alley 🎳
Sometimes the best support group doesn’t meet around a table. “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” Psalm 133:1 What a joy-filled afternoon! This week, our MBC Caregivers traded our usual meeting space for bowling shoes, pizza, laughter, and wonderful fellowship at Bowlero Lucky Strike in Ocala. We bowled two games on two lanes, cheered each…
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Family Caregivers Strike Up Friendship at the Bowling Alley 🎳
Sometimes the best support group doesn’t meet around a table. “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” Psalm 133:1 What a joy-filled afternoon! This week, our MBC Caregivers traded our usual meeting space for bowling shoes, pizza, laughter, and wonderful fellowship at Bowlero Lucky Strike in Ocala. We bowled two games on two lanes, cheered each…
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Making Connection for a Better Church Experience
The seminar “Inclusion and Advocacy in the Church,” co-facilitated by Chatequa Pinkston, highlighted the underrepresentation of individuals with disabilities in churches, with 80% of affected families reportedly not attending. Advocating for inclusivity and building supportive communities can empower caregiver families and enhance church participation, fostering connection and understanding among members.
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🇺🇸 Caregiving Among the Founding Generation ❤️
As we continue to celebrate Freedom Month, I found myself wondering, What did caregiving look like during America’s founding years? What I discovered fascinated me. Many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, contributors to the U.S. Constitution, and their families experienced disabilities, chronic illnesses, mental health struggles, and the challenges of aging. Families living with disability…
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🇺🇸Faith, Freedom & Fellowship: Highlights from Our July Caregivers Club
Holidays can look different for caregivers. As family caregivers, holidays can bring mixed emotions. While many families celebrate with cookouts and fireworks, others quietly navigate mobility challenges, sensory sensitivities, chronic pain, medical neccessities, or simply the isolation that caregiving can bring. My family, like many others, will use this God-given technology (TV, Screens, Movies) to…
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Honoring America’s 250th Birthday Together🇺🇸
Our first Thursday meeting takes place tonight. Don’t forget to grab a cup of iced tea (it’s hot out there in Florida!) and get cozy in your favorite chair or on the couch. You’re warmly invited to a casual, uplifting gathering as we reflect on God’s hand in American history. Together, we’ll share stories of…
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How I Reconnected with an Old Hobby and You Can Too
One way to reconnect this month, even with caregiving duties and responsibilities, is to engage in low-pressure community activities. 🌿 Some suggestions recommended by loneliness and aging researchers include restarting a hobby, joining a gentle exercise class, or participating in a faith-based group. 💛 Hello! That’s right up my alley! 😊 I’m not trying to humblebrag. I only want to…
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A Caregiver’s Concert: Tonight! With Saxophonist Adrian Crutchfield
Whether you’re a caregiver or love someone who is, this one’s for you. Enjoy a free evening of smooth jazz with Adrian Crutchfield at AARP’s Caregiver’s Concert — streaming tonight at 7:00 PM.
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How to Plan for Respite
Sometimes we need a change of scenery. This post reveals the ways one caregiver coordinates her breaks and what she looks for when choosing a provider. In three (3) video parts. 3 videos and 3 tips from a family caregiver on finding respite care outside of the home.