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How Children Can Act as Long-Distance Caregivers
As young adults, many of us leave our hometowns to pursue a different lifestyle or career opportunity. This is both common and accepted in society, but being far away from family has its challenges. Many people are discovering just how hard it is to care for their...
Caregivers Need Care, Too: Smart Tips for Caregivers
Being a caregiver is a rewarding yet difficult job that can take its toll on emotional, physical and mental health. Remember that in order to be a good caregiver, you must care for yourself first. Caregiver burnout is common, and it occurs when caregivers put...
Helping a Senior through Spring’s Cold and Flu Season
Even though the spring season has arrived doesn’t meant that we’re automatically out of cold and flu season. Colds and flues linger well into the spring season, especially as temperatures fluctuate from warm to cold and back again. Here are smart tips for protecting...
Home Safety Checklist for Seniors
The home is traditionally the safest place for us to be. However, in our older years, the home can become a place filled with unexpected dangers. If you have a parent living at home alone, it’s important that the home is checked for dangers and equipped with the right...
How to Ensure the Respite Care is Quality Care
Caring for a loved one who is chronically ill, disabled or elderly is a difficult job that cannot be done alone. Hiring respite care provides family members with a temporary break and can be provided in the home or outside of the home. While you may be eager to find...
Dealing with Resistance to Respite Care
If you have made the decision to seek respite care for a loved one, you may feel a sense of relief. Your loved one, however, may not share these same feelings. Resistance to respite care is quite common, especially when you’re dealing with an elder who may be in...
As Hospitals Face Penalties for Re-admittance, the Need for Respite Care Grows
In October 2012, a part of the Affordable Care Act went into effect in an effort to reduce Medicare spending. This act limits hospitals on how often they can accept patients for re- admittance for a chronic problem. For instance, if a person has heart surgery and...
Practical Steps to Lower your Stress as a Caregiver
As the new year begins, many of us are running on empty from caring for elderly and aging or disabled family members over the holidays. It was most likely a challenging but rewarding time with family and friends. Now, however, is a moment to adjust your sails for...
Try a New Resolution this New Year
Resolutions seem to abound in every age group from teenagers to senior citizens, but as we age, we like to think a certain amount of wisdom can help us look beyond the usual "get more exercise" or "organize the basement." Of course neither of these is bad but what if...
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