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Gina Paradiso Cathcart is the director and founder of CareCorner Colorado Respite Care. She was born and grew up in Pueblo, CO, attended...
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Five challenges facing caregivers
It is often said, "Caregivers find themselves doing things they never thought they could do," this can include personal care: bathing and...
60 Easy meals for (one or) two
Cooking healthful meals for (one or) two people can be a struggle. Here are 60 healthful, easy meal recipes. https://www.tasteofhome.com/...
Grief during the holidays
The holidays are not a joyful time for all. This year can prove to be especially challenging for someone dealing with the loss…
Heart health in July
According to the Colorado Public Health & Environment, 70 percent of Coloradoans pass away from a chronic illness, including: heart...
Rhonda, her caregiver, her daughter
Rhonda told me, desperately searching for a way to fight off the tears that were filling her endlessly deep, blue, ocean-like, eyes,...
Advance Directives: Sarah's wishes
Each year, I ask that the newspapers run Sarah’s story. I have spoken about Sarah’s story with audiences all over Colorado. While her...
Mental Health May
This month I was fully prepared to write about strokes. What they are, the symptoms, the different types, causes, risks and preventions....
A time of rest
At the age of 93, still living completely on her own, Grandma began to notice some back pain. To her, and the rest of the family’s...
The healing power of prayer
Some years back, I had a professor who could turn almost any lecture about English into an antagonistic, argumentative upheaval...
Service to others: A Servant's heart
Some years ago, I began taking classes towards my master’s degree. A running theme in each class, no matter the class: health law or...
Recognizing social workers everywhere, especially those near and dear
Recognizing social workers everywhere, especially those near and dear “Sitting with people in their darkness, you have to know your own...
What does kindness mean to you?
Many years ago, I shared a mutual friend with another person. On occasion, we all would share a meal or an outing together. The other...
The secret to a long, happy life: People
Some years ago, while working, I would meet with my favorite doctor; we would have lunch or a quick cup of coffee. We would discuss...
Goodbye quarantine 15
Another year behind us. This past year has been anything but usual, and almost everyone I have talked to, has put on the “Quarantine 15,”...
Paradiso: I’m ready to go when the good Lord is ready ...
“I’m ready to go when the good Lord is ready to take me,” my grandma often offered; in fact, I can remember her saying it when I was as...
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