Caregiving: It’s Not for Sissies | by Linda Brendle

I was cleaning out my Inbox this morning when an article in the Agingcare.com newsletter caught my eye. It’s called “Switching Roles: Coping with Your Rebellious Aging Parent” by Carolyn Rosenblatt. It brought back a flood of memories of the many times I had to ease out of my role as child and edge my way into the role of caregiver for Mom and Dad. Some transitions weren’t a matter of “ease and edge” but more one of a total frontal assault. I wrote about one such transition in a chapter in my book I called “A Man and His Car.”

Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s – Part 3 | by Linda Brendle

Have you ever needed help – probably from a 10 year old – recording a television show or using your new microwave/convection oven? Have you ever made a wrong turn when trying to get somewhere you’d never been? If so, don’t worry. That kind of difficulty is not a warning sign of Alzheimer’s. Warning sign #3 involves more serious problems: “difficulty completing familiar tasks at home, at work or at leisure.”

The Bureaucratic Saga – Part Three | by Linda Brendle

I now have a Texas driver’s license. Not so for David. If you’ve not been following the licensing fiasco, read my posts from February 22 and February 29. Let’s just say that he’s spent the last two weeks trying to work his way through the red tape with the goal of securing his Texas license.

The Bureaucratic Saga Continues | by Linda Brendle

Last week I published a post about David’s adventure through the bureaucracy required to get a Texas driver’s license in place of his Florida license. All the talk about driver’s licenses reminded me of several stories about the subject.

Stop the Bureaucracy, I Want to Get Off | by Linda Brendle

Getting the proper documentation to operate a vehicle can be a delicate dance through the red tape. When we moved back to Texas from Florida last year, we debated about what to do about our driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations. We signed up with Good Sam’s after we got our RV and took several extended trips. Good Sam’s is a travel club that offers special services for frequent travelers including mail forwarding. They assign you a personal mailbox, and when you’re on the road, you have your mail forwarded to them. When you stop somewhere for a few days, you let them know where you are, and they send the mail on to you. Full time RVers use their mailbox as a permanent address. When we left Florida, our plan was to spend a lot of time on the road, so we left our registrations in Florida.