MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'grandmother'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:10:28 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4803447&cid=t_120297_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmemory.loc.gov%2Fafc%2Fafcss39%2F264%2F2647b2.mp3 [originally published by Politics Daily in 2010; reposting for Mother's Day 2011] Sam Houston Memorial Musuem, where my grandmother worked for 25 years. My grandmother Grace Crawford Longino came into this world in 1901 and left it in 2002. In mid-century she seemed to be the most important woman in her town of Huntsville, Texas. By the time she died, she was almost forgotten except by family and the few friends still alive. When she was in her late 80s I’d end conversations with “I love you” because I never knew if it would be our last. In reply, she’d say thank you. One time I teased her about that. “You never say ‘I love you’ back to me. Maybe you don’t love me.” “Not love you? Why, the very idea!” she said. “I&#821... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4803447 Sun, 08 May 2011 05:00:32 +0100 4803447 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789536&cid=t_120297_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F05%2F05%2Fhappy-mothers-day%2F With love to my mom, and in memory of my grandmother. Images in the video hark back to another time — both my own childhood and my mother’s. Song by jangle-pop band Downy Mildew depicts an artistic (songwriter?) mother seeking solitude by reasoning with her young child. First pic in the video is my mom with her brand new baby (me). Last pic is me on my grandmother’s lap. Next to us is my mom, my big sister and assorted relatives. Filed under: Music Tagged: children, downy mildew, family, grandmother, left foot down, mother, mother's day (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789536 Thu, 05 May 2011 10:12:47 +0100 4789536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477815&cid=t_120297_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F15%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-february-15-2011%2F You can come out from your hiding place. Valentine’s Day is officially over! Yes, a surprising amount of our Facebook friends said they hated the holiday. Some found it to be too commercial. Others found it to be lonely for singles. There were also many who thought it was a good excuse to celebrate love. In general, while everyone had their own reasons for loving or hating the holiday, I thought it was a great discussion about love and an opportunity to reflect on the four letter word itself. Our bloggers were no exception. Everyone had their own take on love. One blogger talked about how Valentine’s Day can bring up unexpected pain and sorrow in our lives. Another discussed the various stages of a romantic relationship (a perfect post for couples). A third mentioned the import... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477815 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:53:34 +0100 4477815 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4237943&cid=t_120297_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F07%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-december-7-2010%2F When my grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease more than 10 years ago, I thought my family would fall apart. My mom and her siblings had a few years earlier, lost their father. And now they would inevitably lose their mother in spirit. At that time, I was in my early twenties and had the luxury of never really knowing the woman my family was afraid of losing. I took that opportunity to really be with her, get to know her and listen to what she had to say when she could say it. Those moments would prove valuable to me. After she was unable to live by herself, my family moved her to a care home. Although she couldn’t remember who I was when I visited, she would always remember my name. She would often count me as one of her daughters instead of her granddaughter. Her ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4237943 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:38:28 +0100 4237943 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4203287&cid=t_120297_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F11%2F25%2Fa-thanksgiving-reflection-deprived-neglected-untutored-i-had-a-blast%2F Free-range kid Donna Trussell in 1961 My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. A Thanksgiving Reflection: Deprived, Neglected, Untutored, I Had a Blast. This Thanksgiving I feel thankful for a lot of things, but particularly my unstructured childhood. I was a free-range kid, back before that lifestyle had a name. For years I was ashamed. These days I’m grateful. Thanksgiving in my family meant my mom, sister and I piled into my dad’s 1956 charcoal, pink and cream Dodge Lancer and we drove the 180 miles from our home in Dallas to my grandmother’s house in Huntsville. There were no seat belts in those days, so my sister and I were free to lounge and make trouble in the back seat. If we got too annoying or rambunctious, my dad would say, “Do you want me to turn this ... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4203287 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 04:20:05 +0100 4203287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4053343&cid=t_120297_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F10%2Flosing-our-fear-of-rest%2F I have been having a difficult time writing the “Mindful Monday” posts lately because I’m the opposite of mindful these days. You know how the Buddhist monks talk about the swinging monkeys of the brain, and how you need to tame them? Well, my monkeys have just spotted a jungle gym inside a McDonald’s and are having a grand old time. I don’t think they will be settling down anytime soon. Alas. I will quote from a dude who has this mindful thing mastered: Howard Thurman, who died in 1981, and was a mystic, theologian, minister, and activist. His grandmother, who raised him with his mother, was a slave and was, for him, a great example of courage and faith. Anyway, here he is on the importance of rest and our fear of it. We must find sources of strength and ren... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4053343 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:08:25 +0100 4053343 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3934598&cid=t_120297_136_f&fid=39215&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcancersuucks.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fno-sleep-til-brooklyn.html Very tired. Helped laura move into her fifth floor walk up apartment. Actually it is quite cute once you get up the stairs and has a great view of Manhattan in a very student-y area. And nice neighbors who were very polite about my crashing onto their cars with the humungous van I was trying to park. A barely five foot girl and her radiation-ridden mother (The cancer card only comes out for things like lugging beds up five flights of stairs!) moving in at midnight when the keys don't work. Long story involvong irate phone calls, fire escapes and boys willing to help out in the middle of the night and it all worked out. More stories about clueless landlords and crazy grandmothers to come, after i make sure exactly who, if any, of Laura's acquaintances read this blog. (Source: Cancer does su... Cancer does suck but it is a little funny. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3934598 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:52:00 +0100 3934598 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3862149&cid=t_120297_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FsA1uWDHDNtI%2F Am I allowed to speak of it? My life. I was always assured by my mother that discussing my life with others was not only rude but forbidden. Regardless of my own reasons for speaking, she told me that it was certain that anyone else would think I was being snobbish and aloof. It was a large house, an empty house, filled with only one child and that was me. Our house was one of only a very few houses that my grandfather had allowed to be built on the vast tracts of Ohio farmland near Cincinnati that he had bought at the beginning of the depression in the early 1930’s. The house that he had built for himself and my grandmother was in the style of an Argentinian ranch house, complete with a turret on top of the roof that gave a 360° view of the surrounding countryside and of the Ohio River... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3862149 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:16:59 +0100 3862149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3546989&cid=t_120297_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F05%2F08%2Fmothers-day-a-texas-magnolia-who-finally-faded%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. Mother’s Day: A Texas Magnolia Who Finally Faded. My grandmother Grace Crawford Longino came into this world in 1901 and left it in 2002. In mid-century she seemed to be the most important woman in her town of Huntsville, Texas. By the time she died, she was almost forgotten except by family and the few friends still alive. When she was in her late 80s I’d end conversations with “I love you” because I never knew if it would be our last. In reply, she’d say thank you. One time I teased her about that. “You never say ‘I love you’ back to me. Maybe you don’t love me.” “Not love you? Why, the very idea!” she said. “I’d give my life for you.” A proper Victorian lad... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3546989 Sun, 09 May 2010 04:01:32 +0100 3546989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2709196&cid=t_120297_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F18%2Fwould-you-even-recognize-sarcasm%2F Most people think they know what sarcasm is and could recognize it if they heard it. Most people would be wrong. Sarcasm is one of those areas of human behavior which has historically been a little difficult to study. But psychologists and researchers have gained some insight into sarcasm and how people use it, and how well people can identify (or can’t identify) sarcasm. For example, Derks et al. (2008) found that emoticons can convey sarcasm, and in fact in some ways can act as a suitable replacement for much of our nonverbal behavior. In a small experiment, Williams et al. (2009) found that people who made sarcastic statements tended to avert their eye gaze, suggesting a simple way to confirm whether a statement was intended to be sarcastic or not. But it was Rockwell’s (200... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2709196 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:05:28 +0100 2709196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2639609&cid=t_120297_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F26%2Fsurviving-a-head-on-collision%2F I survived a head-on collision. Okay, that’s an exaggeration, but I wanted to get your attention. Although I indeed was involved in a minor, fender-bender type of head-on collision, I was stopped at the time and the car that hit me was going about 3 or 4 mph. The other driver, distracted by trying to do something on her cell phone, made a right-hand turn very wide, right into my lane as I was coming out of the side street she was turning in to. She was an older woman and looked very much like someone’s grandmother. Impeccably dressed for summer in Newburyport fashion, she was driving a Volvo station wagon. After she hit me, it took a full 2 or 3 seconds for what she had just done to register on her face. It felt like time stood still during the entire 10 seconds of the accident... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2639609 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:02:27 +0100 2639609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458162&cid=t_120297_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F06%2F07%2Fa-secret-a-disability-a-journey-into-the-unknown%2F The best documentaries, said one creator of that art form after a recent screening in Baltimore, reveal something that is outside the experience of those watching the film. His words resonated for me. For the past several years, I have immersed myself in the life of someone I never knew, someone whose daily routine couldn’t have been more different than mine. She was my aunt, and she was a family secret. More precisely, she was my mother’s secret. Mom never talked about having a sister, and only after Mom’s death did the first wisps of her secret come into the light. Her name was Annie Cohen. She had physical and mental disabilities that came to define her and her existence. I know now, based on medical records unearthed from a mental hospital, that Annie wanted nothing m... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458162 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:00:01 +0100 2458162 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398816&cid=t_120297_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F09%2Fpostcard-to-mom-wish-you-were-here%2F Six Ways To Deal With Mother’s Day When Mom Is Gone Mother’s Day can be rough on those of us who can’t take our mothers to brunch or pick up the phone to wish them a good day. Remembering who they were before they went beyond our reach; imagining what they would say to us now if they were within hugging distance, is bittersweet. My Mom died eight years ago. It still doesn’t seem possible. The death of a mother is like nothing else. The bond we have to her is like nothing else. We can be three or eighty when we lose our Moms it doesn’t matter. The devastation is deep and the hollow sense of loss never completely goes away. My Mom was no saint. If she wears a halo now it’s propped up by little devil’s horns. She was frustrating, moody, beautiful and ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398816 Sat, 09 May 2009 09:00:42 +0100 2398816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2110712&cid=t_120297_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2FjqNvLq-4-Q0%2F In response to my post, Helping Your Alzheimer’s Patient Create Memories, Kaye, of SandwichINK, shared her thoughts on this topic. What a great idea to spend time reminiscing and writing it down to share with the grandchildren. I did get a book for grandparents to record their memories and filled in some of it with my dad. I just wish I’d started it sooner.  Yes, Kaye, those grandparents’ memory books are great.  They’re a good way to start in recording memories.  Often they’re all that you need.  And most of us, I think, wish we’d jotted down or recorded more of the memories while our parents or grandparents were still with us or could remember (in the case of Alzheimer’s).  Fortunately I had my dad write down some of his memories before he ... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2110712 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:00:38 +0100 2110712 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1790366&cid=t_120297_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2FfbmZUEaY-ds%2F AlzheimersNotes.com This week, over at the b5media Lifestyles Channel  we paid a tribute to grandparents, in recognition of Grandparents Day.  The b5media Lifestyles Channel pays tribute to their own grandparents with memories, recipes and values handed down from generation to generation, said Channel Editor Gayla McCord. Perhaps you have tributes to grandparents you’d like to share in the comments.  Some of you may be caring for grandparents with Alzheimer’s.  However, even so, they have passed along to you memories, values, and talents. At Quilting and Patchwork, where I also blog, I wrote a tribute to my grandmother for my quilting heritage and for introducing me to this art. Over at One Book Two Book, another of my blogs, I reminisce about the reading heritage from my ... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1790366 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:14:25 +0100 1790366 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1436991&cid=t_120297_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F288398810%2F AlzheimersNotes.com   Happy Mother’s Day from us at Alzheimer’s Notes to all the moms, grandmothers, and those who play a mom role in someone’s life.  I hope you had a lovely day.  I didn’t get a chance to write a lengthy Mother’s Day post because I was visiting a family member in the hospital.  (Her continuing recovery has been a wonderful Mother’s Day gift for me.) Tags: aunt, celebrations, grandmother, Happy Mother's Day, holidays, mom, mother, Mother's Day, Mother's Day celebrationsShare This (Source: Alzheimer's Notes) Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1436991 Mon, 12 May 2008 02:59:58 +0100 1436991 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1303204&cid=t_120297_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fpolice-officers-are-to-be-taught-how-to.html A burglarThe crime rate has been rising for the last 15 years and so the government is to introduce an initiative to give special training to police officers to enable them to spot people who commit crime.  It says that within three years, all police colleges will put training on crime onto the curriculum. The move comes after a leading policeman said people should be fined £100 for stealing from shops.The government says there are around a million people in England who are causing serious harm because of the crimes they commit. In all, 60,000 police cadets will be trained over the next decade. Police colleges have been allocated £650,000 to examine the best way of training police officers-to-be how to spot criminal behaviour. Public health minister Dawn Primarolo told the Associatio... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1303204 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:21:00 +0100 1303204 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=947385&cid=t_120297_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F169132886%2F Which do you say? Because “autistic” is an adjective, some prefer not to use the word. That is, to say that one has an “autistic son” means that autism is an intrinsic part of that child. Some who think that their child “became” autistic due to something like a vaccine or something in vaccines suggest that autism is something separate and distinct. Therefore, using a phrase such as “with autism” is thought (as the grandmother of an autistic/with autism young man writes in a letter in the October 12th Modesto Bee) to be the preferable term, rather than “autistic,” which the newspaper used in an October 7th story. From autism grandmother Martha Loeffler’s letter: The article frequently referred to “autistic boys,”... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=947385 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:11:28 +0100 947385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=629298&cid=t_120297_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F118740587%2F Betty Jarusiewicz has autism—and so do her three children and some of her grandchildren, as she says in a May 22nd article in the Ocean County Observer. Jarusiewicz, a neuron therapist, was speaking to parents and teachers at Lanoka Harbor Elementary School library in Ocean County, New Jersey. 12-year-old Joshua Tamburro also has autism and also spoke. Said Jarusiewicz: “When I was growing up, no one knew what being autistic was. They just looked at me as being odd and strange and later they wanted to study me from time to time……I didn’t have a clue socially as to what to do anyway. Social situations are difficult for us. “It is not a learning problem, it is a brain regulation problem……..My son had a tantrum at 16 when he failed his driver&#8... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=629298 Tue, 22 May 2007 15:30:36 +0100 629298 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=629105&cid=t_120297_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F21%2Foakland-as-nick-swisher-shares-hair-for-cancer-cause%2F Filed under: Daily news, SportsOakland Athletics center fielder Nick Swisher appeared at Saturday evening's pregame event wearing three ponytails. Prepared to donate his locks to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths non-profit campaign, Swisher said just before his ponytails were snipped, "I feel like Pippi Longstocking. I look so goofy right now. But if I can make a difference in one or two women's lives, it's worth it."Swisher's father -- major league baseball player Steve Swisher -- did the cutting honors. And it was fitting the two men were in on this endeavor together because Swisher's grandmother -- his dad's mother -- died from brain cancer two years ago."The initial idea was out of respect for my mom -- but the second thing is: It's time for a haircut,'' Steve Swisher said. "I'm so proud ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=629105 Mon, 21 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 629105