Category Archives: Care Partners

The inspirational and informational chronicles of a long term home caregiver for a spouse and best friend with Alzheimer’s.

Announcement: A Website for Care Partners and Journeyers

Posted on July 13, 2025 by Humanity Hiker

“Love kindness. Build community. Believe in humanity.” That quote is the tagline for this Humanity Hiker website. I created this website before our 5,000 mile walk across America. At the time I could not disclose that our main purpose was … Continue reading →

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Balancing Coverage

Posted on January 22, 2026 by Humanity Hiker

Recently I received more coverage.  I will not say permanently yet, since past experience taught me better.  Yet for now at least I am being confronted with the challenge of extra coverage. The writings and music I work on take … Continue reading →

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My Updated New Ten Year’s Resolution

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Humanity Hiker

Happy New Year! Last year at this time I posted “My New Ten Year’s Resolution” about my plan for keeping active and increasing my social engagement. I had assumed that when Cindy turned 65 last February my home health aide … Continue reading →

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Past and Future

Posted on October 28, 2025 by Humanity Hiker

I am still working out the coverage kinks as I look forward to a time when I can post regularly on here and even go out to do presentations. The first two-thirds of this year was spent working out the … Continue reading →

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Too Many Tricks, Need More Treats

Posted on October 24, 2025 by Humanity Hiker

At the beginning of the year I laid out an optimistic ten year vision for my future as a permanent caregiver. The vision was predicated on Cindy turning 65 in February, making her eligible for the state’s Home Elderly Care … Continue reading →

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The Bold Path

Posted on October 5, 2025 by Humanity Hiker

As I looked over the problematic path, assessing whether I should go that way with Cindy in the adult stroller, I involuntarily chuckled out loud. “Of course we should not go this way,” was my assessment. “But of course we … Continue reading →

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The Other Humanity Hiker

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Humanity Hiker

I asked a friend recently to Google Humanity Hiker, the simplified instruction for finding my 900+ blog posts over the past 15 years. After the research results she asked which one to click, pointing out to me that there are … Continue reading →

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Full Steam Ahead!

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Humanity Hiker

Cindy turned 65 this year and with that the potential for me to acquire full time help for the first time during this fifteen year journey (and counting). I expected the help to come much sooner in the year but … Continue reading →

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Helping Grandma

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Humanity Hiker

I gradually adjusted to Cindy’s condition, much like a swimmer slowly wading into cool waters rather than plunging in. For those that do not see Cindy on a daily basis their adjustment was more like a plunge, sometimes with a … Continue reading →

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Help Wanted

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Humanity Hiker

I am a my life, my responsibility kind of guy. I will never take an aptitude test. Neither Myers Briggs nor any other personality assessment will engage my participation. I quickly scroll past all the social memes that will tell … Continue reading →

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