Caregiving: Personal Stories

  • Gardening for a Cure

    08/06/07, Capessa

    When Linda's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, she decided to use their mutual love of gardening to help fund the fight for a cure.

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  • Older and Now Wiser: How Seniors Can Avoid Internet Scams

    03/06/07, Capessa

    Linda has spent her career in the tangled web of the internet tracking con artists and predators. While awareness of safeguarding children grows, seniors are being targeted more and more ruthlessly. According to Linda, information is the best protection.

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  • Caring Enough to Love Tough

    11/14/06, Capessa

    As the mother of five children, Laverne has spent plenty of her life taking care of other people. But after her son Donny was paralyzed from a fall, her care giving added another dimension; tough, true love.

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  • Caring and Sharing Through Life and Death

    11/14/06, Capessa

    A low tolerance for hospitals and sickness made Liz think she'd make a lousy caregiver, but when her sister was diagnosed with a terminal cancer, she learned that caring for someone means a lot more than managing their health.

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  • Looking Good. Feeling Good.

    11/14/06, Capessa

    When Julia's mother passed away from colon cancer, she needed a place to focus her attention. That place became NiteSpa, a business that builds bonds like the one between Julia and her mom.

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  • My Parent's Last Lesson

    11/14/06, Capessa

    When Martha, a driven executive, was forced to choose between her career or her ailing parents, she discovered that helping family was her life's greatest work.

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