When caregiving hits home, parent-proofing your house needs to be part of the plan. I recently had to prepare for my parents stay after my mother’s hip replacement surgery. We needed to determine sleeping arrangements, the bathroom situation, and where and how she (and dad) would spend their days. Here are some things I’ve learned …
When you are dealing with all the challenges of caring for a loved, be sure to put optimism on your caregiving checklist. As Theodore Roosevelt said, “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” It may seem obvious, but sometimes, when we’re in the throws of a loved one in crises, we might forget to take …
You made a packing list for camp when you were young. You made a packing list for your European vacation. You pre-packed a bag when you were pregnant for that spur of the moment trip to the hospital. Now that you’re older, you or a loved one will likely need a post-hospital Rehab packing list. …
Imagine you’re driving down the street and the car in front of you is going 15 miles below the speed limit. It’s a one lane road and you’re trapped. How do you react? Frantically yelling at the driver to get out of the way? Or do you try to figure out a way to get …
You don’t want to ruin your expensive clothes. You don’t have time to change your clothes before…fill in the blank (meeting, concert, class…). You don’t have the time to deal with stains later. You want peace of mind. You want to look stylish. These reasons will be the themes for our blog: Prevention Solutions Time …
Winner of The Caregiver Friendly AwardsMay, 2013, by Today’s Caregiver It is my great honor to announce that [DinerWear] has been awarded a 2013 Caregiver Friendly award in the Product category.The Caregiver Friendly® Awards are presented by Today’s Caregiver magazine and caregiver.com to celebrate outstanding books, media, products and services which have been designed with …
Keeping Clothes Clean on the Road with DinerWear™August, 2012, by Shadra Bruce There are a lot of complications to taking a long road trip. One of the biggest facing us this summer as we’ll be on the road for 33 days is making sure we have enough clean clothes to get us through…I’d like to …
InForum.com ArticleJuly, 2012, by Carol Bradley Bursack It’s rare for me to write about a specific product… A package that recently arrived in my mail prompted me to make an exception. It contained samples of stylish clothing protection that replaces the function of bibs. While many of us have dripped food on our clothing while …
Examiner.com, May, 2012, by Wendy Clem …The unique aspect that Steck brings to the table – quite literally – is the quality of her merchandise material and the ingenious vision she has. The self-proclaimed scarf-lover came up with the answer to food faux pas and eating oops that is bound to change how polite society …
DinerWear Scarf – Review And Giveaway (Worldwide) An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of laundry! I was given the opportunity to review a dining scarf from DinerWear. Actually, my father ended up reviewing the scarf. When I told him about the product, (comma)… he said “I can really use that”. He is always dropping …