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You Can’t Do It Alone – Why a Family Caregiver Needs Support
Let’s be genuine: providing care for an aging loved one can become tiring, overwhelming, and isolating. When care demands advance, especially when a chronic condition…
Family Caregiver Resources to Better Support Elderly Loved Ones
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has reported that family caregivers are “routinely marginalized and ignored within the health care system.” With about…
Understanding The Importance of Self-Care for Family Caregivers
Providing in-home care for a loved one is profoundly satisfying but can also be extremely challenging. As a family caregiver, you might find that the…
Minimizing Risk: Lifting and Transfer Tips for Caregivers
The data is alarming: more than 50% of all caregivers report injuries from lifting or transferring an older adult. As an increasing number of family…
New Year’s Resolutions for Alzheimer’s Caregivers
People around you may be resolving to lose 10 pounds, exercise more, and eat healthier, but for Alzheimer’s caregivers, perhaps just getting through the day…
Overcoming Isolation as a Caregiver
Who would imagine that spending a great deal of time being a caregiver for someone else could also cause you to feel incredibly alone? The…
Time Management Tips for Family Caregivers
If today’s to-dos seem like much more than you can possibly fit into 24 short hours, you’re not alone! Family caregivers are often inundated with…
Tips for Family Caregivers Caring for Someone with a New Diagnosis
You may have seen it coming, or it could have taken you by surprise. Mom has just been given an official diagnosis for a progressive…
How to Let Go of Caregiver Guilt
Family care providers give a great deal of themselves to attend to their loved ones, often sacrificing their own needs and desires in the process….