Category: Challenge

Elder Care Support

Dave,

I’ve been care giving for 19 years now. I’d be happy to give tips to anyone wanting to make things safe for an elderly loved one – I have so many tips I’ve put into place between my late husband Tom and dad and now mom – and many are money savers as well.

Ruth Jurgens Noth

ALS Support

Hi Dave:

You may add my name as a resource for persons facing ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). In particular, from the perspective of a caregiver, who in the ALS world are known as cALS (persons with the disease are called pALS). No cause or cure … terminal 100% of the time.

Nancy Masbruch Olinger

Allergies and Asthma Support

Long ago, 1989/1990 my daughter became so sick with allergy caused Asthma, that at age 1 1/2 she was in an oxygen tent and tugging unhappily on the medical transfusions entering her bloodstream in the hospital. At that point no one could guarantee me that she would live to see her second birthday. Since then I have learned much about allergies and asthma. Today she is nearing her 35th birthday and is healthy. She is a lifelong athlete (I wonder where she got that from 🤔😂) having had success in Tae Kwon Do, Scholarship Diver at a Big Ten School Northwestern, and now is an expert on Beach Volleyball, both as an athlete and coach. If you have questions about allergies or asthma, may be I can help.

Edith Sieg

Family Mental Health Support

Classmates,

As we have passed our 20th year caring for our daughter Bessie as she struggles with crippling anxiety and bipolar disorder, my wife Bobbi and I can provide you a listening ear and perhaps some valued perspective if you have a family member struggling with these mental health challenges.

Dave Gerlits