5 Considerations for Traveling While Caregiving During COVID-19
These considerations for traveling while caregiving will prevent the spread of COVID-19 and reduce any accidental exposure.
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.
Creating a Plan: Caregiving for Loved Ones During COVID-19
If you’re a caregiver that’s creating a backup plan, take a look at these key points.
Tweets for National Family Caregivers Month, November 2015
Tweets about National Family #CaregiversMonth #CaregiversMonthYou can’t firm fat!
The difference between weight loss and toning.
Why does progress always feel painfully slow?
It feels like whatever you want to happen quickly, doesn’t, and whatever you’d prefer to deal with later won’t wait.
3 poems on the thunder of stroke
My poetry unclothes me; my heart, my soul unwrapped, uncovered left for others to read, interpret, understand. It opens new doors Into which others can see, reflect, and react. Dear God, Did you have to teach the lesson this way? With one stroke you caused a...
5 Caregiver’s favorite inspirational quotes for caregivers
As caregivers (and human beings) a little pat on the back can sometimes come in the form of other people’s words. That’s why we include a Care Card in each issue of our weekly newsletter. Quotes are also some of our caregiving community’s favorite...
Headaches? It might be caregiver burnout
Headaches & facial pain caused by emotional distress Case Study: Joan* Joan was referred to my office due to her daily headaches and facial pain that had continued to get worse despite taking over-the-counter medication on a daily basis and treating herself to a...
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...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...
Let’s Talk About Caregiver Depression (And the Courage It Takes to Face It)
As caregivers, we can be all too familiar with crippling depression and how hard it is to deal with.
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.
When your loved one refuses to eat what you’ve prepared
How many times have you thought of a great meal idea that you are sure will be tasty and pleasing, gone grocery shopping, prepared the recipe and made a nice presentation for your loved one, and then hear from them, “I just can’t eat that”?
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.
Caregivers for Loved Ones with Disabilities
We hope this infographic helps raise awareness about just how MANY of us there are.
Introducing Meals to Heal and Susan Bratton: A Saving Grace for Caregivers and their Patients
It’s our pleasure to introduce and formally welcome Susan Bratton, CEO and founder of Meals to Heal, a healthy meal delivery service designed for cancer patients and caregivers alike.
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!
Top 6 Blogs for Caregivers (Aging Parents Edition)
We’d like to help you start picking from the crowd by rating the top blogs that focus exclusively on “Caregiving for Aging Parents.”
Journaling, What’s the Use for Caregivers? Freedom, Perhaps.
The payoffs of journaling is pure freedom, which gives profoundly beneficial stress relief, as it is one activity the caregiver may perform their way.
Caregivers Fall Too: A Reminder on National Fall Prevention Awareness Day
Our loved ones and patients aren’t the only ones to look out for falls– caregivers fall too. And fall prevention is a crucial part of “self-care.”
Why is THIS the Picture of Caregiving?
Considering the number of ways to illustrate the concept of caregiving, not to mention the enormous diversity of the caregiver population, the consistent use of this particular image will tell only one “caregiver story.”
Creating a Family Caregiver Home Health Emergency Care Plan
Emergency Care Plan: If family caregivers become sick or have an accident or require medical attention and help for themselves.
Where do caregivers find their strength?
Somehow we keep going, fueled by the incredible love we have, letting go of the guilt when that we cannot make them better.
A Parent’s Final Lesson: Stepping into the Next Generation of Caregivers
As I turn to consider my last set of living grandparents as a 25-year-old man with three parents approaching their mid-sixties, I question whether I feel prepared enough to offer them the same level of no-nonsense care they’ve been dolling out for years.
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
Hopefully it was the Alzheimer’s talking
I just read a very moving post and can so relate to being demeaned, belittled and insulted by the person we are caring for.
Share the Care: A Caregiver Puts Theory into Practice
“Share the Care” is a book and a website where you can learn to organize a group to care for someone who is seriously ill.
FTD Caregivers
Em*, suitably given the position as my godmother, has always led by example– she demonstrates what a open, loving life looks like. Through her I have discovered that life is an illustration of growth, recovery, and spirituality. And by no means am I the only one...Top Posts
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