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		<title>Caregiving for a Dear Friend with Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS): Part II of a Hope-Inspiring Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contributed By Shirley A. Woods EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: In a previous post, our dear friend Jackie Barber told the inspiring story of how she is overcoming the dreaded Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) that eighteen months ago left her completely paralyzed <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://www.helpingyoucare.com/23653/caregiving-for-a-dear-friend-with-guillain-barre-syndrome-gbs-part-ii-of-a-hope-inspiring-story">Caregiving for a Dear Friend with Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS): Part II of a Hope-Inspiring Story</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Thank a Caregiver Week, Nov. 4-10, Sponsored by National Parkinson Foundation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) has announced that, as part of observing National Family Caregivers Month in November, it will for the first time sponsor Thank a Caregiver Week during the week of November 4 through 10, 2012. &#8220;Caring <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://www.helpingyoucare.com/22670/thank-a-caregiver-week-nov-4-10-sponsored-by-national-parkinson-foundation">Thank a Caregiver Week, Nov. 4-10, Sponsored by National Parkinson Foundation</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Overcoming Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) &#8211; A Hope-Inspiring Story of Courage &amp; Determination</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contributed By Jackie Barber EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Our dear friend Jackie Barber tells the moving story of how she is overcoming the dreaded Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) that one year ago left her completely paralyzed from neck to toe. This <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://www.helpingyoucare.com/20632/overcoming-guillain-barre-syndrome-gbs-a-hope-inspiring-story-of-courage-determination">Overcoming Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) &#8211; A Hope-Inspiring Story of Courage &#038; Determination</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Helen, a Caregiver at a Senior Center, Tells How Health Reform Has Helped Her and Other Seniors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helen, a senior who works at a Senior Center in Philadelphia, tells her story on how health care reform has helped her and other seniors. She explains how the free preventive services provided to seniors under the Patient Protection <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://www.helpingyoucare.com/18780/helen-a-caregiver-at-a-senior-center-tells-how-health-reform-has-helped-seniors">Helen, a Caregiver at a Senior Center, Tells How Health Reform Has Helped Her and Other Seniors</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Electronic Health Records Can Relieve Caregiver Stress; A Caregiver Tells Her Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cynthia Whisker, a social service coordinator who counsels families and seniors about how to handle the stress of caregiving for their loved ones, has herself become a caregiver for her husband. Her husband underwent both a liver transplant and <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://www.helpingyoucare.com/18022/electronic-health-records-can-relieve-caregiver-stress-a-caregiver-tells-her-story">Electronic Health Records Can Relieve Caregiver Stress; A Caregiver Tells Her Story</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Will You Care For Me?  Feel the Compassion &amp; Love of a Caregiver in Response to This Touching Song</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In trying to help caregivers, emphasis is often placed on the difficulty and stress of the role. But, the positive side of caregiving, the emotional rewards we feel as caregivers when we provide love and care to those in <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://www.helpingyoucare.com/16952/will-you-care-for-me-feel-the-compassion-love-of-a-caregiver-in-response-to-this-touching-song">Will You Care For Me?  Feel the Compassion &#038; Love of a Caregiver in Response to This Touching Song</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>To Love What Is: A Marriage Transformed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ To Love What Is: A Marriage Transformed, by Alix Kates Shulman, is a beautiful, poignant love story spanning several decades. This memoir will touch your heart, and will touch home for you if you are or have been <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://www.helpingyoucare.com/13166/to-love-what-is-a-marriage-transformed">To Love What Is: A Marriage Transformed</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Caregiver Story: It’s not easy to walk a mile in your elderly Mom’s shoes!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Senior Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dealing with bureaucracies in behalf of an aging parent can prove frustrating.  Not only does it involve handling finances, but also role reversal. Lisa Black details her experiences in becoming the caregiver for her mother. See Lise&#8217;s Story in <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://www.helpingyoucare.com/10419/its-not-easy-to-walk-a-mile-in-ones-elderly-moms-shoes">Caregiver Story: It’s not easy to walk a mile in your elderly Mom’s shoes!</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Featured Caregiver Story of the Month – January, 2011:</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Video story of the Wedekings of Minnesota. The Wedekings from Spoke Your Mind on Vimeo. ]]></description>
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		<title>‘Tis the Season to Celebrate the Joys of Caregiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 04:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Kathryn Haslanger, Senior VP for Community Benefit and External Affairs for VNSNY for The Huffington Post Amidst the difficulties of caregiving can be found a satisfaction of just one more of the things really worth doing. Some of the rewards <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://www.helpingyoucare.com/10181/tis-the-season-to-celebrate-the-joys-of-caregiving">‘Tis the Season to Celebrate the Joys of Caregiving</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>The Caregiver Next Door</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moving stories of real caregivers, and an inspiring call to lend a hand, from the New York Times.  Read more&#8230;The Caregiver Next Door &#8211; The New Old Age Blog &#8211; NYTimes.com. ]]></description>
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