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Caregiver 101

  • Organizing a Medical History

    Tips for Organizing a Medical History

    A trip to the emergency room made me realize why caregivers are advised to organize heath information. Read more

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    Fearless Caregiver Emotional First Aid Kit

    You can find respite from your caregiving in the simplest things. Read more

  • Caregivers Balancing Act

    The Caregiver’s Balancing Act

    In the 1960s, TV celebrity Ed Sullivan featured a Chinese talent artist who demonstrated the careful balance and timing of spinning porcelain plates atop thin, wooden sticks. Read more

  • Caring for the Caregiver

    Caring for the Caregiver

    Being a caregiver is a stressful and demanding job. There is usually very little, if any opportunity to prepare for a new caregiving situation. Read more

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  • Respite Guilt free

    Respite: Enjoy a Guilt-Free Summer

    Why is it that the words “respite” and “guilt” seem to go hand in hand? Why do caregivers feel we are somehow failing our loved one by admitting that we need help, Read more

  • Guilt and Finding Balance

    Caregiver Guilt and Finding Balance

    How do you find the balance? Is there a balance? Am I doing the right thing? Should I be doing more? These are important questions for a caregiver. Read more

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    Forty-Eight Mental Breaks for Caregivers

    Caregiving takes a lot of time. Even if you had spare time to daydream in the first place, it’s probably gone now. However you must give yourself a mental break once in a while. Read more

  • Seniors Attending Adult Day Care

    Trust Your Instincts

    Adult Day Care is a community-based program. There are more than 4,000 centers across the country with more than 78 percent operating on a non-profit basis. nursing ho Read more

  • Adult Day Respite

    Respite for Two

    Adult day care centers provide a break (respite) to the caregiver while providing health services, therapeutic services and social activities for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, ... Read more

  • Emotional Fatigue

    Emotional Fatigue

    Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, founder of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, says there are four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those Read more

  • Caregiver Journaling

    Top Ten Ways To Care For Yourself

    1. Keep a journal. Start today. Describe your fears as well as your hopes, the reality of what each day is like, Read more

  • 7 Essential do's and don'ts

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    After Caregiving: Picking Up The Pieces

    As a caregiver, we totally commit ourselves to caring for another person who no longer functions as they once did in the normal scheme of life. We move in with them or move them to us. Read more

  • Mobility Challeges

    Safety Begins at Home

    If you're among America's 54 million caregivers, knowing how to evacuate a loved one or how a loved one can take shelter during an emergency may not be as easy as just stepping out a door, or crawling out a window... Read more

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    What the First-time Caregiver Needs to Know

    Everyone ages, and there comes a time when older or ailing loved ones need help. Oftentimes friends or family members rise to the occasion to assist them. If you’re one of those first-time family caregivers, you are not alone. Read more

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    Aging in Place: A Real Choice

    Consumers who plan to age in place should take proactive steps to modify their homes while they are still financially and physically able. Read more

  • New Caregiver

    The ABCs of Caregiving

    Throughout our lives, we each perform a variety of different roles.  For me, I have been a daughter, sister, student, sales clerk, secretary, coach, and a writer.  The one role I thought I would never assume is now the main focus of my life ... Read more

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    Do you have what it takes to be a caregiver?

    The time has come when a family member needs assistance and you’re struggling to understand what will be needed of you as you move into the role of full- or part-time caregiver. Read more

  • Living With Your Home Health Care Aide

    Living With Your Home Health Care Aide

    You’ve made the decision to let an aide come into your home to assist. That was hard enough. Now you’re getting apprehensive about what to expect when the aide arrives for work. Read more

  • Things I Have Learned

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    Some Things I Have Learned

    I have learned to learn about the illness. In my case, I have learned about 11 illnesses only to find that any one of them may crop up and have symptoms at any time and last for a few minutes, a few hours, a few days or even months. Read more

  • Depressed Caregiver

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    Nip Depression in the Bud

    Warning Signs to Look For Caregivers need to be especially aware of depression because of the great load they carry. Read more

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