Caregiver Tips
Caregiver Tips
Caregivers of Seniors – Here’s Your Holiday To-Do List!
As if being a family caregiver wasn’t busy enough, the upcoming holiday season presents additional responsibilities that can feel…
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Caregiver Tips
Caring for Senior Veterans: How to Manage PTSD
In the American Civil War, soldiers exhibited a set of symptoms that included shortness of breath, palpitations, sweating, and…
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The Negative Effects of Elderspeak
Faye Kirtley doesn’t appreciate it when store clerks talk down to her and act as if “I don’t know…
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A Doctor’s Appointment Checklist for Seniors
Doctor’s appointments are often stressful for senior adults, many of whom are managing multiple chronic illnesses and their associated…
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Caregiver Tips
Time Management Tips for Senior Caregivers
If you have decided to become a caregiver for a senior adult, you will quickly discover that time is…
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Caregiver Tips
How to Stay Positive as a Senior Caregiver
Each day, some 40 million Americans are helping senior loved ones with activities of daily living like preparing meals,…
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Alzheimer’s & Dementia
How to Improve Your Relationship with a Loved One Living with Dementia
A loved one has dementia. Their capacity to reason and remember is changing, diminishing their ability to communicate and…
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Caregiver Tips
What Can You Do to Ease a Caregiver’s Burden?
When a friend or family member is knee-deep in caring for a loved one, a common gesture is to…
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Care Management
When Is It Time to Find Long-Term Care for a Spouse?
“I’m scared and worried,” wrote Dennis Abrams in a column in The Houston Chronicle in July 2017. Abrams’ husband,…
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The Personal Sacrifices Family Caregivers Make for Their Loved Ones
Unpaid family members and friends who care for loved ones want to provide that care, but they sacrifice their…
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Assisted Living
When You Are Shamed for Moving a Parent into a Senior Care Community
Beth came up to me, tears in her eyes. “My cousins came into town,” she lamented. Normally this would…
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Life Lessons from End-of-Life Experts
It seems odd to say, but people sometimes learn more about life when facing their own death or the…
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Care Management
Are You a Helicopter Child to Your Parents?
When psychologist Barry Jacobs saw that his aging mother’s mental faculties were weakening and confronted her about it, the…
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