Weapon of the day: today someone feels safer because of you.
The Realistic Caregiver
@caregiverqueen.bsky.social
I'm Laura Raymond, a family caregiver advocate & writer. Daily caregiving tips & advice here, with weekly recaps on Substack. Available for personalized care plans & help through KinForward. I'm also ride or die for Wonkette.
for years, we thought brown fat mainly just burned calories for warmth. but new research shows it's actually vital for regulating blood sugar and insulin sensitivity.
Harvard Medical School Professor Awarded Prize for Discovery of Critical Metabolic Pathway
Dr. Shingo Kajimura and his team at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have been recognized for their groundbreaking discovery of a vital biological pathway involving brow
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And you begin to accept your defeats With your head up and your eyes open With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child, And you learn to build all your roads on today Because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans And futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight. #Poetry 💙📚👀
Thanks so much to @caregiverwarrior.bsky.social, @biologist077.bsky.social, @zebrah.bsky.social, @lucyksy.bsky.social, @dominicervolina.com, @theresjustnopo1.bsky.social, #Psychology Today, #Hospice News, #Prevention & @aarp.org for your help this week! open.substack.com/pub/thereali...
Fighting Back Ageism in Health Care
The Realistic Caregiver's Weekly Roundup! July 23 - 29, 2026
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#Tip: Sometimes #caregivers need to take a break, especially when family is in town! My oldest son is visiting me and his dad (currently in rehab after surgery for a staph infection) and it's been a wonderful whirlwind! More daily tips coming back soon. Hope you are hanging in there today!
I'm surprised! For years, allergy care meant avoiding triggers. But a new Stanford trial found 36% of kids on omalizumab could safely eat 3 foods they were allergic to. It's a huge step toward actually consuming foods, not just avoiding accidental exposures.
Treatments for kids with food allergies allow safe eating in Stanford Medicine-led trial
A new clinical trial led by Stanford Medicine has found that treatment with the medication omalizumab, either alone or combined with oral immunotherapy, can enable children with multiple food allergie
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#Tip: The takeaway is clear: families need more #support, and they need it earlier. For families supporting someone who is terminally ill and home-bound, the goal is building a care plan that is sustainable, flexible and centered on #comfort. hospicenews.com/2026/07/28/h...
Hospice Family Caregivers' Hardships on the Rise
Family caregivers lack the resources and insight needed to better support a terminally ill loved one in a home care setting. The financial and
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Remember the joke in Demolition Man about Taco Bell winning the restaurant wars and now all restaurants are called Taco Bell? I mean... stranger things have happened. Look at this fucking time-line!
heaumeau e. rotacism@vashwood.bsky.social · 2w agojoining the war on taco bell on the side of taco bell
"It uses 2,000 metric tons of crushed soapstone to store clean energy in the form of heat to provide 100 megawatt-hours of thermal energy." "It can cover almost one month of the town’s heating demands in the summer and as much as one week in the winter." www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/f...
Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery
A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.
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Weapon of the day: Acceptance takes time. The struggle is real. Be patient and gentle with yourself. Sometimes, being willing is enough. You’ll get there.
New research shows combining a statin drug (simvastatin) with antibiotics reduced the amount needed by over 40% for severe gum disease, by stopping bacteria from hiding in our cells. This could mean less antibiotic use.
Host-Directed Therapy Enhances Antibiotic Efficacy Against Intracellular Periodontal Pathogens
Researchers have discovered that combining the common statin drug simvastatin with antibiotics like metronidazole can significantly improve the treatment of periodontitis, a severe gum disease. This a
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#Tip: AARP believes everyone deserves to be taken seriously when it comes to their #health. By changing how they train providers and shape policy, they’re ensuring that older adults are treated with the #dignity, attention and care we deserve. www.aarp.org/advocacy/fig...
AARP Is Working to Change the Culture of Health Care Ageism
Ageism puts your health at risk. AARP is teaching health care workers to avoid it
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Weapon of the day: when one door closes another one opens, but waiting in the hallway is the hard part. Take heart, Warrior. You’ve already rung the doorbell. It will open soon enough.
#Tip: Create a heart-healthy lifestyle! • Move purposely throughout the day, aiming for 15-30 minutes of #exercise. • Focus on fiber and seafood along with fruits & veggies for your diet. • Avoid binge drinking, pre-packaged foods & high sodium. • Get more #sleep! www.heart.org/en/healthy-l...
How to Help Prevent Heart Disease At Any Age
Preventing heart disease (and all cardiovascular diseases) means making smart choices now that.
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#Tip: Preventing #heart disease has advanced past "smoking less and exercising more." Doing things like taking 7000 steps and eating 5+ servings of fruit & veggies a day have shown to decrease your chances of dying of cardiovascular disease ( #CVD) remarkably. www.prevention.com/health/a6593...
Cardiologists Reveal the Number-1 Food to Eat for Better Heart Health
These tasty picks can help keep your ticker in tip-top shape.
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I also want to thank @biologist077.bsky.social for your ongoing help with my weekly roundups - you always share such wonderful news! I'm so grateful for your work, it means a lot. Have a great weekend!
Thank you to @caregiverwarrior.bsky.social, @alzassociation.bsky.social, @caregiving.bsky.social, @achronicvoice.com, @slem63.bsky.social, @ariaa.bsky.social, @raeradford.bsky.social, @lizetkruyff.bsky.social & @jenthorne.bsky.social for your help! therealisticcaregiver.substack.com/p/how-to-fin...
How To Find A Great Private Caregiver – Part Three
The Realistic Caregiver's Weekly Roundup! July 16 - 22, 2026
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@pootietang.bsky.social Hey Stephen! So glad to see you, honey. Hope everything is well, I've missed you!
#Tip: For many estranged adults, trusting people is genuinely hard. You might manage friendly, surface-level relationships but find that letting anyone truly close feels almost impossible. "But your hurt happened with people, and so does the healing." www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyo...
5 Ways to Cope When You Don’t Have Family Support
If you're estranged from family, you know the quiet, hard moments no one prepares you for. Here are five practical ways to build the support you're missing.
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Weapon of the day: trust your own experience. You have a great track record so far and are showing up once again. You got this.
#Tip: If no one showed up for you growing up, you often learn to need no one and become fiercely #independent. Compulsive self-reliance kept you safe once but it can quietly keep you #isolated now. Try catching the moments you reach for “I’ve got it” when you don’t have to. Small steps matter.