Caregiver's diary Posts

Caregiver’s Diary: Dad’s War

November 15, 2012

Dad’s War My 89 year old widowed father was studying organ at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto when the war broke ...

Caregiver’s Diary: Dying In Good Health

November 2, 2012

My widowed 89 year old father called the other day. Youngest sister was coming over for lunch, he was dressed. I said ...

Caregiver’s Diary: Thanksgiving with Dad

October 19, 2012

The weather Thanksgiving weekend was cold and wet. Stiff wind out of the west, where the rollers come from. Jamie and I ...

Caregiver’s Diary: Mission Accomplished!

October 5, 2012

“It’s enormous!”. That was my widowed 89 year old father speaking to oldest brother on the phone. He was ...

Caregiver’s Diary: My Father, The Carny

September 21, 2012

My widowed father, now 89, has returned to his roots, in a way. He now lives at Serenity Towers, a luxurious assisted ...

Caregiver’s Diary: A Chequered Career

September 7, 2012

My widowed father, now 89 and living in an assisted living facility in Niagara, has had an interesting life, right from ...

Caregiver’s Diary: One More Birthday

August 24, 2012

My father had his 89th birthday last week, and it didn’t make him very happy. We were sitting in a faux English pub ...

Caregiver’s Diary: An Old Sea Dog

August 10, 2012

An Old Sea Dog I pick up my new boat tomorrow. I took it out on sea trials this week and got acquainted. It’s BIG, ...

Caregiver’s Diary: Four Button Down Shirts

July 27, 2012

I'm the youngest son, the second sibling to have an Old Testament name in a White Anglo Saxon Family. This is my first ...

Caregiver’s Diary: Father’s Day

July 3, 2012

We never celebrated Father’s Day in my family (or Mother’s Day). We thought of them as “Hallmark Holidays”, ...