Tammy I. Glenn
Founder, HomeBoundResources.com

Welcome to HomeBoundResources.com, your ultimate center for ideas, solutions, web links, people and organizations that will help make your home healthcare situation a little bit easier.

My name is Tammy Glenn, and when I was eight years old, my mother had a tragic accident that changed our lives forever. She became disabled and eventually, totally bedbound.

By the time I was 12 years old, she began using a bedpan and urinal full-time. I was the only child left at home and with my father, Sam, we took on my mother’s 24-hour care until she died when I was 25 years old.

In the 17 years that my father and I cared for my mom, we pioneered a lot of everyday solutions from scratch. Sound familiar? This included learning how to clean up a bedpan, trim her toenails, wash her hair at bedside, and spoon-feed her when her body was too riddled with pain for her to help herself.

The picture above is of myself and my mom, Cathy. It’s one of the last times I can remember her standing, and even more precious, it’s one of the last memories I have of her able to lift her own arms to give me a hug.

My mother died in 1992 and I vowed to use our family’s experience to help others in a similar situation. The Internet wasn’t as developed as it is today, and quite frankly, nor were the resources and medical equipment.

Please join me and a community of individuals who—just like you!—are dealing with a homebound situation.

On this website, you will find:

Resources
This is every local, national and international resource I can find that may be of interest to you.

Publications
Check out my personal “Tips” book featuring the best ideas that my father and I found from 17 years of caregiving. I’m also making my mother’s own book, Katrin’s Korners, available as well. She wrote this from her bed, in the final year of her life.

Reader’s Tips
Take a Tip! Leave a Tip! Enjoy tips from fellow subscribers in the HomeBoundResources.com Community. Who best to offer advice than someone who’s in the trenches—just like you!

Contact Tammy
If you have thoughts, suggestions, or just need to let it out, I want to hear from you.

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Home healthcare is a challenge, but it can get easier—especially if we work together. You are not alone! I am here, along with my father and a dynamic team of individuals who want to help.

With my dad, Sam, at the Pepperdine Commencement

I wish you the greatest support in your life’s journey. As difficult as my Mom’s illness was, our special relationship was unlike that of any other mother and daughter I know. I truly believe that everything happens for a reason and that our journey together was a gift in disguise.

In honor of my mom, I can think of no greater gift to give you than to share her story — so that your journey, and the journey of the loved one you care for — is as peaceful and comfortable as possible.

If you'd like to share your story or ideas with me, please email me at:
Tammy@HomeBoundResources.com

From My Heart to Yours,

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