Tag: caregiver life
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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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🇺🇸 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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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.