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Halli’s Comments

The Beginning Of Another are an optimist your dreams are still viable. If you are the
eternal pessimist, you either give up that particular dream
New Year or perhaps still hope it will come to fruition.
Hopes and dreams do not always happen, but
By Halli Moore sometimes there are breakthroughs; like the cure for polio
and the vaccines, which we are experiencing this very
Another year has moment; vaccines which are helping to cure people of a
passed, which is myriad of diseases people no longer get and new diseases
difficult to believe; which hopefully will also be a thing of the past.
it goes so quickly. A college professor told me I should consider writing
Many had hopes and as a career but secretly my dream was to become a famous
dreams for the New singer and dancer. My mom was a dance teacher and taught
Year which hopefully me to stretch and move like a dancer from the time I was
were either brought to three years old. I also wrote poetry and turned some of
fruition or stored away it into song. Well writing for magazines and newspapers
for another time. If you when I graduated from Adelphi University made one of
my dreams come true; but I’m honest enough to say that
The Caregiver’s Balancing Act writers are (to coin a phrase) a dime a dozen.
It was fun writing for the Boca News, Our Town News,

Boca, Delray Life Publications Magazine and Our Town
Submitted by Stratford Court • Nurture your marriage and your important News here in Florida and meeting some very interesting
relationships. Make time to enjoy the company of friends people like Christine Lynn, The Countess de Hoernle, the
If you’re caught in the middle between your responsibilities and to preserve the romance in your marriage. That’s because knowledgeable people at the Historical Society in Boca
to your spouse and children and caring for your aging parents, these vital connections will remain important even when you who helped me when I needed information about bygone
you’re a genuine member of the sandwich generation. You know complete your responsibilities as a caregiver. days here in Boca and anything to do with the wonderful
the stress of never having quite enough time or energy to give Give yourself a break. Eat well, stay rested, and exercise people today who help make this city and have helped
all members of your family the attention you feel they deserve. regularly. Give yourself credit for doing the best possible make it one of the most exceptional places to live on earth.
Should you attend your daughter’s soccer game or take job you can do, rather than focusing on things you haven’t Hopefully the New Year will bring your dreams and
your father to his doctor’s appointment? Should you go to a accomplished. Know your limits and give yourself a break desires to fruition to you and those you care about.
movie with your spouse or visit your mom? These decisions when you reach them. 
are never easy to make. Halli Moore is a resident of The Palms. 
There’s obviously no perfect answer to dilemmas like
these—but there are steps you can take to make it easier for Caregiving Update
you to balance your family responsibilities:
• Involve your spouse and your children. Share your • More than 25% of adults have provided for a
feelings with them about how important it is for you to chronically ill, disabled, or aged family member or
care for your parents. Work with them to develop a weekly friend during the past year.
schedule and do your best to adhere to it. Ask for their advice • Caregiving is no longer just a women’s issue. Men
and support when making decisions that could affect them. now make up 44 % of caregivers.
• Understand your parents’ true needs. Learn all you • The value of the services family caregivers provide
can about your parents’ condition and how you can best is estimated at $196 billion a year.
help them. Aim to provide the most appropriate care while Source: National Family Caregivers Association
respecting their independence.