DJ Cava Cava ♿️
@dj-cava-cava.bsky.social
#Disability advocate.💙💙💙 #Liberal voice against Trump's America. Author. Living with #ChronicPain and #MobilityImpaired.
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Life with #ChronicPain, #Disability, & #ChronicIllness may limit what my body can do, but not my mind or heart. My empathy & imagination are without limit, and I resist hate & discrimination. It gives me a passion for progressive politics & social change, and opens my spirit to unconditional love.
The 11-year-old niece of my wife's friend is undergoing brain surgery to remove a tumor. This reminded of my childhood #Disability & having surgery at age 10. It also made me realize how strong & resilient children are. And as I send love & light to this amazing child, I look forward to her future!
May 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The 11-year-old niece of my wife's friend is undergoing brain surgery to remove a tumor. This reminded of my childhood #Disability & having surgery at age 10. It also made me realize how strong & resilient children are. And as I send love & light to this amazing child, I look forward to her future!
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Getting outside help is a MUST when a loved one is recovering at home long-term (six weeks or longer).
Even when you have family and friends willing to help out, it's too much work for just one person.
Fortunately, you can hire professional #caregivers to work directly in your loved one’s home.
Even when you have family and friends willing to help out, it's too much work for just one person.
Fortunately, you can hire professional #caregivers to work directly in your loved one’s home.
May 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Getting outside help is a MUST when a loved one is recovering at home long-term (six weeks or longer).
Even when you have family and friends willing to help out, it's too much work for just one person.
Fortunately, you can hire professional #caregivers to work directly in your loved one’s home.
Even when you have family and friends willing to help out, it's too much work for just one person.
Fortunately, you can hire professional #caregivers to work directly in your loved one’s home.
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#Tip: New family caregivers can hire a #caregiving agency to help out from the very beginning.
To find ones in their area, ask your loved one’s hospital or rehab center for a list.
You can also enter the words “caregiving agency” and their ZIP code in your computer’s search engine.
To find ones in their area, ask your loved one’s hospital or rehab center for a list.
You can also enter the words “caregiving agency” and their ZIP code in your computer’s search engine.
May 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
#Tip: New family caregivers can hire a #caregiving agency to help out from the very beginning.
To find ones in their area, ask your loved one’s hospital or rehab center for a list.
You can also enter the words “caregiving agency” and their ZIP code in your computer’s search engine.
To find ones in their area, ask your loved one’s hospital or rehab center for a list.
You can also enter the words “caregiving agency” and their ZIP code in your computer’s search engine.
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Most people can't afford to use a #caregiving agency for 24-hour care. But most families don't require 24/7 care, either.
Agencies can be utilized to make sure both you and your loved one are in good hands during the next few stages in their recovery at home. More at the beginning, less later.
Agencies can be utilized to make sure both you and your loved one are in good hands during the next few stages in their recovery at home. More at the beginning, less later.
May 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Most people can't afford to use a #caregiving agency for 24-hour care. But most families don't require 24/7 care, either.
Agencies can be utilized to make sure both you and your loved one are in good hands during the next few stages in their recovery at home. More at the beginning, less later.
Agencies can be utilized to make sure both you and your loved one are in good hands during the next few stages in their recovery at home. More at the beginning, less later.
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“Maybe you hear the phrase “sandwich generation” over the years, and don’t pay attention until you’re taking a bite out of it, because it’s the only thing available to you on the menu.”
The Speed of Untethering allyhamilton.yogisanonymous.com/p/the-speed-...
The Speed of Untethering allyhamilton.yogisanonymous.com/p/the-speed-...
The Speed of Untethering
I’ve been giving this some thought and I’m pretty sure when it comes down to it, there are two ways to ride this ride.
allyhamilton.yogisanonymous.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“Maybe you hear the phrase “sandwich generation” over the years, and don’t pay attention until you’re taking a bite out of it, because it’s the only thing available to you on the menu.”
The Speed of Untethering allyhamilton.yogisanonymous.com/p/the-speed-...
The Speed of Untethering allyhamilton.yogisanonymous.com/p/the-speed-...
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#Tip: Families can coordinate in-home medical care to help with some of the #caregiving, like bathing, grooming & medication management.
Home Health aides & palliative care (hospice) help make sure your loved one is medically safe at home. Their services, while limited, are covered by insurance.
Home Health aides & palliative care (hospice) help make sure your loved one is medically safe at home. Their services, while limited, are covered by insurance.
May 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
#Tip: Families can coordinate in-home medical care to help with some of the #caregiving, like bathing, grooming & medication management.
Home Health aides & palliative care (hospice) help make sure your loved one is medically safe at home. Their services, while limited, are covered by insurance.
Home Health aides & palliative care (hospice) help make sure your loved one is medically safe at home. Their services, while limited, are covered by insurance.
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#Fact: Any family choosing to care for their loved ones at home deserves to have some type of nurse-supervised assistance.
They can help with medication management and body mechanics.
Most importantly, they make sure you have the equipment and tools needed to properly care for your loved one.
They can help with medication management and body mechanics.
Most importantly, they make sure you have the equipment and tools needed to properly care for your loved one.
May 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
#Fact: Any family choosing to care for their loved ones at home deserves to have some type of nurse-supervised assistance.
They can help with medication management and body mechanics.
Most importantly, they make sure you have the equipment and tools needed to properly care for your loved one.
They can help with medication management and body mechanics.
Most importantly, they make sure you have the equipment and tools needed to properly care for your loved one.
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"Happy Mother's Day"
It can be really hard to say.
If you don't have her anymore,
Or if she was a merciless boor.
We all deserve someone to love us unconditionally.
It's just that some of us aren’t that lucky.
It can be really hard to say.
If you don't have her anymore,
Or if she was a merciless boor.
We all deserve someone to love us unconditionally.
It's just that some of us aren’t that lucky.
May 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"Happy Mother's Day"
It can be really hard to say.
If you don't have her anymore,
Or if she was a merciless boor.
We all deserve someone to love us unconditionally.
It's just that some of us aren’t that lucky.
It can be really hard to say.
If you don't have her anymore,
Or if she was a merciless boor.
We all deserve someone to love us unconditionally.
It's just that some of us aren’t that lucky.
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Home health & hospice agencies are very limited in what they can do in the home. Most nurse visits take less than 30 minutes, & scheduling can be erratic.
#Fact: The day-to-day assistance families need most when recovering at home is considered “non-medical help” and isn’t covered by insurance.
#Fact: The day-to-day assistance families need most when recovering at home is considered “non-medical help” and isn’t covered by insurance.
May 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Home health & hospice agencies are very limited in what they can do in the home. Most nurse visits take less than 30 minutes, & scheduling can be erratic.
#Fact: The day-to-day assistance families need most when recovering at home is considered “non-medical help” and isn’t covered by insurance.
#Fact: The day-to-day assistance families need most when recovering at home is considered “non-medical help” and isn’t covered by insurance.
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#Tip: Caregiving agencies provide exactly the kind of help most families need.
Assess how much hands-on care your loved one needs and what you can afford. Then call around.
Reputable agencies come directly to your loved one’s home & can help you create a plan of care for them, at no cost to you.
Assess how much hands-on care your loved one needs and what you can afford. Then call around.
Reputable agencies come directly to your loved one’s home & can help you create a plan of care for them, at no cost to you.
May 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
#Tip: Caregiving agencies provide exactly the kind of help most families need.
Assess how much hands-on care your loved one needs and what you can afford. Then call around.
Reputable agencies come directly to your loved one’s home & can help you create a plan of care for them, at no cost to you.
Assess how much hands-on care your loved one needs and what you can afford. Then call around.
Reputable agencies come directly to your loved one’s home & can help you create a plan of care for them, at no cost to you.
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#Tip: The caregiving agency you want to hire should visit the home that your loved one will be recovering in.
They can better assess:
Is their home safe enough?
Are there other care needs?
What CG personality type would work out best?
They can help develop a plan of care with you, too!
They can better assess:
Is their home safe enough?
Are there other care needs?
What CG personality type would work out best?
They can help develop a plan of care with you, too!
May 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
#Tip: The caregiving agency you want to hire should visit the home that your loved one will be recovering in.
They can better assess:
Is their home safe enough?
Are there other care needs?
What CG personality type would work out best?
They can help develop a plan of care with you, too!
They can better assess:
Is their home safe enough?
Are there other care needs?
What CG personality type would work out best?
They can help develop a plan of care with you, too!
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#Tip: A good #caregiving agency will be involved in their communities. That way, they can lead you to other resources in the community!
Orgs like Silver Horizons in Albuquerque, New Mexico help with installing ramps & safety bars to keep your loved one safer at home.
www.silverhorizons.org
Orgs like Silver Horizons in Albuquerque, New Mexico help with installing ramps & safety bars to keep your loved one safer at home.
www.silverhorizons.org
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www.silverhorizons.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#Tip: A good #caregiving agency will be involved in their communities. That way, they can lead you to other resources in the community!
Orgs like Silver Horizons in Albuquerque, New Mexico help with installing ramps & safety bars to keep your loved one safer at home.
www.silverhorizons.org
Orgs like Silver Horizons in Albuquerque, New Mexico help with installing ramps & safety bars to keep your loved one safer at home.
www.silverhorizons.org
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#Tip: A good #caregiving agency can lead you to other resources you might not know were available.
Did you know if your loved one has a specific disease like cancer, Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s, you may be able to apply for grants to cover the costs of caregiving? That can be a real game changer!
Did you know if your loved one has a specific disease like cancer, Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s, you may be able to apply for grants to cover the costs of caregiving? That can be a real game changer!
May 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
#Tip: A good #caregiving agency can lead you to other resources you might not know were available.
Did you know if your loved one has a specific disease like cancer, Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s, you may be able to apply for grants to cover the costs of caregiving? That can be a real game changer!
Did you know if your loved one has a specific disease like cancer, Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s, you may be able to apply for grants to cover the costs of caregiving? That can be a real game changer!
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#Tip: A good #caregiving agency can be a valuable resource for families.
They provide trained, bonded, & licensed caregivers directly to your home, sometimes with just a few hours’ notice!
They can assess your loved one and help create an individualized plan of care.
They are available 24/7.
They provide trained, bonded, & licensed caregivers directly to your home, sometimes with just a few hours’ notice!
They can assess your loved one and help create an individualized plan of care.
They are available 24/7.
May 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
#Tip: A good #caregiving agency can be a valuable resource for families.
They provide trained, bonded, & licensed caregivers directly to your home, sometimes with just a few hours’ notice!
They can assess your loved one and help create an individualized plan of care.
They are available 24/7.
They provide trained, bonded, & licensed caregivers directly to your home, sometimes with just a few hours’ notice!
They can assess your loved one and help create an individualized plan of care.
They are available 24/7.
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#Fact: If your loved one has long-term care insurance (LTC), they can use it for help from #caregiving agencies. But not with a private/family caregiver. 🤷♀️
They primarily focus on Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
An agency can even help with billing and filing the necessary paperwork, too!
They primarily focus on Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
An agency can even help with billing and filing the necessary paperwork, too!
May 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
#Fact: If your loved one has long-term care insurance (LTC), they can use it for help from #caregiving agencies. But not with a private/family caregiver. 🤷♀️
They primarily focus on Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
An agency can even help with billing and filing the necessary paperwork, too!
They primarily focus on Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
An agency can even help with billing and filing the necessary paperwork, too!
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Thank you so much! They were hard won, to say it mildly. I've been fortunate to have cared for some truly amazing and wonderful people the majority of the time.
Just not all the time. 😟
"To my dad on Father's Day
I think about you every day.
And talk about you twice a week in therapy."
Just not all the time. 😟
"To my dad on Father's Day
I think about you every day.
And talk about you twice a week in therapy."
When most people become a family caregiver, it's because they love them so much. It's usually an easy decision.
This article is for the rest of us. Solidarity, my brothers and sisters!
therealisticcaregiver.substack.com/p/making-the...
This article is for the rest of us. Solidarity, my brothers and sisters!
therealisticcaregiver.substack.com/p/making-the...
May 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thank you so much! They were hard won, to say it mildly. I've been fortunate to have cared for some truly amazing and wonderful people the majority of the time.
Just not all the time. 😟
"To my dad on Father's Day
I think about you every day.
And talk about you twice a week in therapy."
Just not all the time. 😟
"To my dad on Father's Day
I think about you every day.
And talk about you twice a week in therapy."
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Beautifully said, @santiagomayer.com.
Cancer has taken so much from him — and he’s dedicated so much to fighting against it.
My thoughts are with President Biden and his family. Hopeful for a full and speedy recovery.
My thoughts are with President Biden and his family. Hopeful for a full and speedy recovery.
May 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Beautifully said, @santiagomayer.com.
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Cutting Social Security benefits is NEVER an option.
Cutting disability benefits is NEVER an option.
Cutting Medicare is NEVER an option.
Cutting Medicaid is NEVER an option.
Cutting disability benefits is NEVER an option.
Cutting Medicare is NEVER an option.
Cutting Medicaid is NEVER an option.
May 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Cutting Social Security benefits is NEVER an option.
Cutting disability benefits is NEVER an option.
Cutting Medicare is NEVER an option.
Cutting Medicaid is NEVER an option.
Cutting disability benefits is NEVER an option.
Cutting Medicare is NEVER an option.
Cutting Medicaid is NEVER an option.
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#Tip: A caregiving agency can be a godsend for working families.
If your #caregiver is sick or has an emergency & can't work, an agency can have a replacement out ASAP, depending on how much notice you can give them.
#Fact: That kind of backup system is priceless when you work outside the home.
If your #caregiver is sick or has an emergency & can't work, an agency can have a replacement out ASAP, depending on how much notice you can give them.
#Fact: That kind of backup system is priceless when you work outside the home.
May 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#Tip: A caregiving agency can be a godsend for working families.
If your #caregiver is sick or has an emergency & can't work, an agency can have a replacement out ASAP, depending on how much notice you can give them.
#Fact: That kind of backup system is priceless when you work outside the home.
If your #caregiver is sick or has an emergency & can't work, an agency can have a replacement out ASAP, depending on how much notice you can give them.
#Fact: That kind of backup system is priceless when you work outside the home.
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Biden says thanks for ‘love and support’ after prostate cancer diagnosis https://twp.ai/4inkFs
www.theguardian.com
Biden says thanks for ‘love and support’ after prostate cancer diagnosis
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May 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Biden says thanks for ‘love and support’ after prostate cancer diagnosis https://twp.ai/4inkFs
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“I don’t have as much #stamina as I use to. I have never been very good at #resting but because of my #mobility loss, I have been able to better recognize when I need to rest because sometimes, I have no choice.”: buff.ly/2ZiYxqi
by MyRockinDisabledLife
#disability #ChronicPain
by MyRockinDisabledLife
#disability #ChronicPain
Lessons I Have Learned From My Mobility Loss
If You Liked This Post, Please Subscribe For Weekly Updates Hip replacement surgery can help lessen hip pain and improve your quality of but until you significantly improve your hip strength life g…
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May 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“I don’t have as much #stamina as I use to. I have never been very good at #resting but because of my #mobility loss, I have been able to better recognize when I need to rest because sometimes, I have no choice.”: buff.ly/2ZiYxqi
by MyRockinDisabledLife
#disability #ChronicPain
by MyRockinDisabledLife
#disability #ChronicPain
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The epitome of refinement, class, and dignity.
May 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The epitome of refinement, class, and dignity.
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King Charles Writes to Joe Biden After Cancer Diagnosis https://twp.ai/4inkKI
www.newsweek.com
King Charles writes to Joe Biden after cancer diagnosis
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May 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
King Charles Writes to Joe Biden After Cancer Diagnosis https://twp.ai/4inkKI
Arguing that Dems need a cis white male to run in 2028 because our last 2 presidential losses were because we nominated women is bullshit! As #Disabled Democrat I love that our party chooses best liberal candidate period! No misogyny allowed! Stop circular firing squad! #Democrats
May 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Arguing that Dems need a cis white male to run in 2028 because our last 2 presidential losses were because we nominated women is bullshit! As #Disabled Democrat I love that our party chooses best liberal candidate period! No misogyny allowed! Stop circular firing squad! #Democrats