I did a tour of the new Agingcare website and I don't think I like it.
First and most important, my head got cut off in the profile picture, only the torso is showing. That's not very nice. At all. Looks are very important, even to a polar bear. It took me a long time to pose for that picture. haha
Second, when I see an interesting question or discussion, and don't have any relevant answer or comment to add, but would like to read what others have to say, I can just click "Follow" and that tread will appear on my Follow list. The new Agingcare website doesn't have it. Why? That feature is very useful for a newbie like me.
Third, I prefer the large blue font type of the old site. Much easier to read. The new site has light smaller font size on a light blue background. Not as easy to read.
Whoever in charge of Agingcare website, can you fix the above?
Thanks
The popular questions and discussions are just a PITA, they clutter up the page and some are closed or no longer relevant.
on the main page, the same threads seem to be repeated under the different headers and late at night in bed, I just don't have the desire to scroll through long enough to find something
the old A/C had a more user friendly experience and I wonder if new posters have questions that no one ever sees
As as far as the Dysfunctional stuff. I sympathize with everyone. I’ve been there, but prefer to keep it in the rear window. The key players in my family dysfunction are deceased and I won’t resurrect them willingly. Dysfunction tends to be the gift that keeps on giving.
A quote to remember! And it is indeed the expectation that we constantly are called upon to do so.
Another thing -- I don't get why people complain about Dorker's thread. If they don't like it, don't read it!
My now-departed mother talked a good game. But truth is, my Mom would have been thrilled for me to star in the roles of Dorker and SIL during her old age and decline. Thrilled.
For me, it was the logistics of my location and my even-farther-away job — not my boundary-setting skills — that drew my initial line in the sand.
Then, much more of my strength came from stumbling upon AgingCare. What an eye-opener.
The cautionary tales awakened something in me that I was previously unable to articulate.
Next level : My own saga plus my AC knowledge shed some serious light on how twisted my in-laws are. Without this site, I’d probably still be “going with the flow” and extending myself to those ninnies more than they extend themselves to each other. Or to their own parents. Or to me and my extended family. (Just had to throw in that last one, for comic relief.)
Constantly being called upon to compensate for other people’s personality disorders is not a blessing. It’s not normal. It’s not appropriate.
Yet that is the expectation for so many of us.
It’s an uphill battle.
I’m holding my own, but I need constant reminders of the truth. That’s what the Dorker saga does for me. And I hope some of my rants help her stay on the self-care track.
To each their own!
It's the main reason I keep coming back to Agingcare.com. The new format has made it just cumbersome enough to discourage me from participating in many other threads. I may post in a new thread, but it pretty quickly becomes obvious if the poster just needs tea and sympathy (usually the case), or is actually going to make the hard changes to either improve their caregiving life or give up their caregiving life.
I only post in a certain kind of thread, though. I don't have any experience or interest in the nuts-and-bolts threads at this point (the ones discussing what type of equipment to use, for example), so I can't speak to them.
It would be nice if said person would come up for air now and then. Just saying.............but hey, it's a free country. If the moderators think it's alright then so be it. Live and let live and all that great stuff. :)
the sort feature isn't working for me - newest first
invariably the newest post will be somewhere in the middle of the page
Anyone else noticing if their viewing is automatic to how they like to the read the post, oldest first or newest first?
where am I?
for a tutorial check here:
https://www.agingcare.com/discussions/all-members-are-invited-to-try-the-new-agingcare-438344.htm
I don't see posts from many regular posters who have come to seem like old friends. Where are Jeanne Gibbs and Garden Artist and Guestshop Administrator? Have they stopped posting or is there some reason I'm not seeing their posts?
I'm really confused.