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Advice for Caregivers Part 4 – Easing the Burden: How to Survive Caregiving for Mom and Dad
Caregiving is exhausting, both physically and emotionally, as well as time-consuming. That means that caregivers need–and should take advantage of–all the help and support they can get. It helps to …
Continue ReadingAdvice for Caregivers Part 3 – Caregiving for Mom and Dad: Preparing and Handling Transitions in Care Settings
Your parents are healthy, live independently in their own home, and seem to manage well on their own with little help or oversight. But how can you be sure, and …
Continue ReadingAdvice for Caregivers Part 2 – First Things to Gather as Caregiver for Your Parents & Determining Best Housing Options
Now that you are beginning to understand the challenges of caregiving, have identified and assembled your caregiving team, had the difficult conversation with your aging parents about their visions of …
Continue ReadingAdvice for Family Caregivers Part 1 – Preparing for Your Role as Family Caregiver
Taking on the role of caregiver for your aging parents is a life-altering challenge–both for your parents and for you. For your parents, it marks a transition from the independent …
Continue ReadingRespite Care: Temporary Care for the Caregiver
Caregivers are a huge help to the elderly. They provide comfort, companionship, and assistance with activities that range from eating and bathing to cleaning and cooking. Caregivers take care of …
Continue Reading5 Ways to Protect Your Mom in the Hospital
The work pressure at any hospital is so great that doctors and nurses go without adequate sleep or food. They have little time with a patient before the pager beeps, calling …
Continue ReadingThe Importance of Physical Activity in a Senior Care Facility
Physical exercise is recommended for everybody, but perhaps no group of people is as positively affected by a physical activity plan as senior citizens. As the individual progressively ages, the …
Continue ReadingTips for Choosing a Pet for an Elderly Person
Pet owners, on the whole, are deeply attached to their pets. The owner values the emotional bond and the positive contribution to their wellness, such as having lower blood pressure …
Continue ReadingProper Care and Prevention of Bedsores
As people live longer, the incidence of bedsores is increasing in this older population. Bedsores, or pressure ulcers, develop when bare skin rubs against an object (most often bed sheets …
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