With all the things you have to manage with being a caregiver, it’s nice to have some help deciding what to eat on some days. With August 19th being National Potato Day, there are lots of recipes for you to choose from. If you don’t want to look through all your cookbooks, take a few minutes to browse online and you will probably find more recipes than you could ever use in your lifetime. [...]
Even though the details of your caregiving situation may be unique, there are many commonalities between family caregivers and what they have to arrange caregiver sharing between siblings. Normally, one sibling becomes the primary caregiver due to other siblings living farther away or the one sibling being more suited to being a caregiver. Either way, it’s an unfair situation and is too much for one person to handle alone without help. Kate’s caregiving [...]
There are so many things that you have to remember as a caregiver, when you’re taking care of a loved one and have a full-time job or other obligations, you may not remember them all. However, the one thing, or the one rule that every caregiver should remember above all others is that you should never avoid asking for help when you need it. There are plenty of reasons why some people don’t [...]
When you are caring for someone with Alzheimer’s, whether you manage the care or do all the caregiving yourself, it can be very stressful. It’s a bigger issue to deal with than most other serious diseases. Part of the reasoning behind this statement is that the loved one needs care for a number of decades rather than just a few months or a couple of years. As time goes by, your loved one [...]
Taking on the role of caregiver for a loved one is a great responsibility. You want to make sure that you provide the highest level of care for your loved one, but you also need to make sure that you are taking care of yourself. Too often, though, the home care providers of the world put their care on the backburner. They don’t think much about themselves; they only think about the elderly [...]
What is being considered a growing epidemic in this county is the fact that many caregivers for elderly individuals are family members who have full time jobs. It’s consider a growing problem because it’s placing a lot of strain on the caregiver, his or her job, and it’s also detracting from a proper level of care. Home care services is an alternative that can make a considerable difference in the lives of those [...]
Interesting research has indicated that seniors who are happy also enjoy greater mobility into their years than those who are unhappy. The findings don’t necessarily prove that happiness causes greater mobility, but it does suggest that the happier senior enjoys life more and therefore enjoys being active which in turns helps the joints stay younger and stronger. There are definitely positive physical effects produced by happiness. It’s been shown that a positive outlook [...]
When a person gets older, for the most part, caregiving is provided by spouses, friends, and relatives just like you. Your elderly loved one means a lot to you and needs your help. This is a work that receives little recognition and can involve some stress. In order to have a good relationship remain between you and your aging parent, you should place enough importance on yourself. Too many caregivers, even those who [...]
No matter who you’re caring for when you’re a family caregiver, you may end up facing some difficult questions from time to time. Some of these questions will be related to the health and specific condition of your loved one. Others might involve the work that you’re doing for him or her. The way that you handle some of these questions will be just as important as the answers that you provide about [...]
Hiring an in-home care provider for your loved one can be a challenge for some family members. For one, if you don’t know much about home care services or what they provide, then you might not know where to begin with your search. No matter whether you’re going to hire an in-home care provider through an agency or as an independent contractor, it’s important that you have some key questions in the interview [...]
