WOW! Can you believe it’s already September! And Autumn is right around the corner! Hooray! Got some twitterific tips from Twitter for y’all…

Senior Home Care Givers:

Those of us providing senior home care for aging parents – near or far – have a new resource available that looks good! OurParents.com provides a free search site for senior parent care facilities from adult daycare centers to hospice and everything in between.    For more info, you can also check out their blog article, OurParents Launches The Internet’s Largest Independent Directory Of Senior Care Providers.

With so many in the Baby Boomer Generation also becoming part of the Sandwich Generation, this company has a great program, Caring Workplace!

Public Shredders Please! Medical Record Dumping On the Rise! This article discusses the importance of shredding sensitive documents, including medical documents, to protect yourself and your aging parents AND grandkids from ID theft!  Per @vpmedical

A good resource site for hospice! The site explains so much including how to find a hospice near you. It’s easy to navigate and a good resource for senior home care givers who live close or at a distance. Thank you to @ElderCareRN & @joeskillin for the link.

If you think you have a hard time as you caring for elderly parents, read this interesting article: When The Patient Is The President. From @matthewbjohnson

Grandparents:

One of my most important goals as a grandparent is to leave a spiritual heritage and example for my grandkids of knowing and loving God with all our heart, soul, strength, and mind, and loving others as we love ourselves. Sounds like that was one of several great goals of this gentleman and that he did it exceedingly well in the article, Goodbye, Dad.   Per @mike_gamble

Toys 'R' Us launches a Cash4Clunkers, baby-style program, modeled after the government's car swap program for cribs, car seats, and other grandkid items that can have safety issues when bought used. Very cool!   Per @Executivemom133

While participating in and visiting an interesting blog carnival for homeschooling programs this past week, I also found an intriguing "flubber" recipe which would make really fun activities for grandparents and their grandchildren to enjoy.  

Refdesk is an excellent resource for homeschooling programs, school homework, businesses, etc. I’ve appreciated their site for years as well as enjoying reading their Site of the Day emails. This week’s included the Earth Calendar which lists holidays and celebrations all around the world. A very handy holiday calendar for planning fun activities and projects for grandparents and their grandchildren.

By the way, have you been wondering, “ When is GRANDPARENTS DAY?” The Earth Calendar is there to remind us that it is coming up on September 13. Yummily, the day is also International Chocolate Day and Librarian Day. As the personal librarian for my family and a big believer in grandparents helping to keep their grandkids well supplied with books, I think that is the frosting on the chocolate cake of grandparenting love! 

Speaking of Grandparents Day, two terrific sites have fun contests to help us celebrate:

• Bcelebrated has a grandparents and grandkids contest that runs from August 25-September 25, 2009. Grandparents and/or grandkids write what is great about your grandkid/grandparent in 60 words or less and attach a photo. The prizes are two free Bcelebrated memberships and a $50.00 Barnes and Noble gift card. Prize value is $250.00! For those, like me, who are uber protective of your grandkids when it comes to pictures, it is ok for them not to show identifying traits. For example, they loved my adorable grand-twins and their foot photo.
• Another fun Grandparents Day contest is at Presto, home of the Presto Email Printer and Service! This one is a video contest and the prize is Presto for Life! WOW! I have not been brave enough to try video yet. It’s on my list of To Do’s but I probably won’t get to it for another year or so. But if you have a video camera, you could really have fun with this.

If you enter either or both contest, let us know so we can root for you.

The Sandwich Generation & The Baby Boomers Generation:

If any of you are taking a vacation from caregiving duties or have to travel for business, are traveling to another country, and are thinking of taking your cell phone, you MUST research carefully first! Particularly if you have a new cell phone, as this cautionary tale reminds us! 

Frugal Upstate has a YUMMY sounding Green Chile Chicken Lasagna recipe that looks to be an easy fix, making it perfect for busy caregivers and grandparents! I gave the recipe to my senior mom who also thought it looked DELICIOUS!

Did you exercise this morning? Here's some inspiration from Seniors for Living!  I have to admit, I especially loved the picture! I bought one of those balls to use at my desk. I had so much fun with it when my grandkids came over, I now have two. I keep forgetting to swap it for my chair but boy, is it great fun with the grandkids.

Here’s a good article on the Sandwich Generation issues from CBN.

@copykatrecipes found us a great article about healthy food preparation such as keeping your cooking oils fresh, mayonnaise safety tips, and a mouthwatering salad that is safer to take to potlucks and family gatherings than the traditional potato salad. This is also good information to share with our aging parents!

With all the ups and downs and roller coaster effects often found in the life of a caregiver, this encouraging and inspirational Bible verse is especially comforting!   God set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. Ps. 40:2b

Did you know that Coke is the most familiar name-brand food in the US and Campbell's soup is the 2nd? @Foodimentary always has such interesting foodie facts!

That’s it for this week’s Twitter Tuesday. Have a Twitterific Day!