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  • 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

  • 6 things to remember

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    6 Things to Remember as You Start to Care for Your Parents

    Whether you are an adult child or a parent trying to communicate with your kids, here are six suggestions for overcoming some of the obstacles and frustrations we commonly experience during this time. Read more

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  • 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

  • Finding Home Care

    When Caregiving is Not Enough - Finding Good Homecare

    Anyone who has ever looked for home-based care for a loved one comprehends what a daunting experience it can be. 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

  • 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

  • Guilt Free Caregiving

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    Guilt Free Caregiving

    I read a comment in a publication by Catholic Family Services in Michigan about caregiving: “As a caregiver, you are consumed by guilt, doom, fear, hopelessness and even helplessness.” Read more

  • Caring At Work

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    Caring At Work

    Are you one of the 65 million Americans who care for a family member? One of the 20-50% of employees who tend to a loved one before going to work, then return to care again after a long hard day on the job? 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

  • im fine

    I'm Fine, Thanks

    That is the life of a caregiver. You are always fine because the focus is always on the person that you care for. You are “just fine” because if you think of allowing yourself to be anything other than fine, your legs will come out from under you. Read more

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  • 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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  • 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

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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

  • 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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  • first time caregiver

    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

  • 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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  • First Aid Kit

    The Caregiver’s First-Aid Kit

    A“Caregiver First-Aid Kit” is a reminder of the special significance caregivers have in their role caring for a loved one. 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

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