6 Safety Tips for Home Health Care Workers
With these safety tips for home health care workers, you can provide the best experience for your loved ones or residents.
Caregiver Burnout: Fact & Fiction
Is caregiver burnout real? What causes it? Is it really just selfishness? How do you avoid it? What do you do if you have it? Here’s my take on the facts and fiction of crashing out as a caregiver (some of this taken from my own experience and some from other...
Transitioning From 24-Hour Care to Live-In Care
Making care decisions for elderly parents or loved ones can be difficult, especially since so many factors influence care — from personal preference to location to health requirements. Professional caregivers provide a wide range of services, including 24-hour care...
Simple Ways Technology Can Help Caregivers
Caregivers of the world: help is closer and more affordable than you might think. Despite daily technological innovations, it’s still easy to picture technology as a pricy luxury that only top hospitals or millionaires can afford to employ. Thankfully, that isn’t the...
Caregivers get real about what it’s like
We talk a lot about how rewarding and meaningful caregiving can be. Most of us would never trade our responsibilities, but that doesn’t mean caregiving isn’t the most difficult thing we’ve ever done. Instead of trying to sugarcoat it, how about...
Why is caregiving stressful?
Caregiving is stressful. I’ve been a caregiver for more than 18 years and, as time passed, became more aware of stress. My husband (the caregiving recipient) thinks some of my stress is self-induced, but I don’t agree with him. From my perspective, stress is built...
What is compassion fatigue?
You’ve heard of burnout, but may not have heard of compassion fatigue. As more family members become caregivers, more seem to be learning about this term. A heavy workload and never-ending tasks may make you wonder if you’ve developed compassion fatigue. What is it...
How do you fight the fog of depression?
Get in touch with yourself Sit down and think about what’s bothering you. Is it something you can address? Is it just the illness talking? I love reading autobiographies and memoirs to remind myself that everyone is just as mixed up as I am. Track your moods and your...
Managing caregiver’s guilt
February 13, 2014. The day I became a caregiver. That was the day Jeff came home following nearly seven months spent in three hospitals after his spinal cord injury. Of course I had been preparing for my role of caregiver for months. The nurses, therapists, and staff...
The dual lives of caregivers
As the general American population continues to age, more and more people are stepping into the role of caregivers. The Employment Panel of Caregivers projects that the number of seniors requiring care will double by the year 2031. This means additional resources need...
Finding joy and peace when things feel hopeless
Caregiving can be beautiful and immensely rewarding, but it can also have some very dark times. Remember, you don’t have to be perfect. Today, resolve to treat yourself with the same compassion that you give to others. When you’re so exhausted you could...
Send out an SOS when you feel stressed
At the beginning of your caregiving journey things were pretty simple. You provided a comfortable bed for your loved one, did the laundry, made medical and dental appointments, fixed nutritious meals, provided taxi service, and daily companionship. By itself, each...
Relentless
Sometimes I can’t believe my husband is paralyzed. Most of the time I can. I’ve gotten fairly used to this life in the relatively short amount of time we’ve lived it. How we have to expect the unexpected. How we can’t just hop in the car on a whim anymore. Our old...Signs
A Prayer for the Caregiver by Bruce McIntyre Unknown and often unnoticed, you are a hero nonetheless. For your love, sacrificial, is God at his best. You walk by faith in the darkness of the great unknown, And your courage, even in weakness, gives life to your...3 fitness tips just for caregivers
Couldn’t make our last PhysEd webinar? Here are 3 tips: You can still catch the video In this video, you will learn: How to exercise while simultaneously performing household chores such as cooking, folding laundry, etc. What vitamins to take for those who are...
How to be a better patient
Our site is for caregivers, sure, but I know that the patients our caregivers help visit our site, too. Recently, a husband reached out to me to express concern that his wife, who is his primary caregiver, is burnt out from caring for him. How can he lessen the load?...
PTSD and the Caregiver
by Wendy Gilker I have been caring for my profoundly handicapped daughter, Bree, for almost 34 ½ years now. Some people say it’s not Post Traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD) that I’m experiencing. Others tell me that, because I’m her mother it’s not a job, but my...
What to Do When You’ve Reached Your Breaking Point as a Caregiver
We’ve been there and we’re here to help. Here are suggestions from your fellow caregivers.
Finding the energy for tomorrow
Seeing our loved one in need forces us to grab a hold of something deep within that gives us a little more fuel for the next day.
Finding space for sex and pleasure in a caregiver’s life
It’s not at all uncommon for caregivers to find their sex drives change, they can feel disconnected from their partners, and sexual habits can change radically. Here’s a useful tip that works for me, and I hope it works for you!
3 things to do when you’re overwhelmed with feelings
As a caregiver, there’s a long list of things you can’t do; but one thing you are entitled to do is to feel. Here’s how to cope with the feelings that caregiving brings up.
You’re “Should-ing” Yourself Again! Caregiving and Compassion Fatigue
Every time you hear yourself saying “I should” or “I shouldn’t,” let it be a red alert.
Time to Get Fit: Introducing Edward Jackowski and PhysEd for Caregivers
I have been invited to join The Caregiver Space by Adrienne and her wonderful staff to provide helpful information and insight to help make all caregivers around the world more valuable by making better lifestyle choices and ways to become more fit
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