Coping with caring for an ill spouse. Challenges and support for a spousal caregiver. Caring for an ill spouse isn't easy...
Here are 12 Ways to be an Awesome Caregiver! Qualities any good caregiver should possess and tips to help caregivers provide the best care possible.
When your spouse is also your caregiver, a happy relationship can become stressed beyond endurance. In this post I'll share tips on how to ease the burden.
{OG: Description}
Rheumatoid arthritis patient and blogger Kate the (Almost) Great shares her tips for caring for rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Rheumatoid arthritis patient and blogger Kate the (Almost) Great shares her tips for caring for rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Rheumatoid arthritis patient and blogger Kate the (Almost) Great shares her tips for caring for rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Rheumatoid arthritis patient and blogger Kate the (Almost) Great shares her tips for caring for rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Coping with caring for an ill spouse. Challenges and support for a spousal caregiver. Caring for an ill spouse isn't easy...
Rheumatoid arthritis patient and blogger Kate the (Almost) Great shares her tips for caring for rheumatoid arthritis patients.
How to be prepared to talk about someone else's illness: managing the guilt and pressure of needing to give the "right answer" at the drop of a hat.
Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia is a tough challenge. That's why it's such an important thing to be as educated about the disease and how to manage it as you can possibly be. Check out our new article on creating an Activity Calendar for Seniors With Dementia.
5 Best Things You Need to Know to Overcome Intense Caregiver Stress
If you're caregiving for someone, don't forget to take care of yourself, too. Read WD's Caregivers Survival Kit to learn how to cope with strain of seeing someone through their roughest hour at Woman's Day.
When caring for someone with dementia, your own mental stability can be the single most critical factor in your loved one's quality of life. The Caregiver's Guide to Dementia brings practical and comprehensive guidance to understanding the illness, caring for someone, and caring for yourself. From understanding common behavioral and mood changes to making financial decisions, this book contains bulleted lists of actions you can take to improve your health and your caregiving.Inspirational and compassionate, it focuses on the caregiver's underlying love and humanity that cannot be taken away by any disease. In The Caregiver's Guide to Dementia you'll find:Dementia defined - Understand dementia and its many forms, with an explanation of the illness and its variations.Caregiver wellness - At the end of each chapter, a small section provides relaxation and mindfulness exercises and reflection for dementia caregivers.Practical approach - The back of the book is filled with resources, from financial planning to tips on safety, along with questions for health care professionals, lawyers, accountants, therapists, and friends.
Rheumatoid arthritis patient and blogger Kate the (Almost) Great shares her tips for caring for rheumatoid arthritis patients.
As a husband behind my chronically ill wife, I found, there is no simple answer to how chronic illness affects relationships?
A child’s health should be a top priority, considering they haven’t developed a stronger immune system yet. So, it is the duty of the parents...
Parental burnout can occur for all parents, but for special needs caregivers, burnout can become a frequent occurrence.
5 Ways that siblings can work together to care for ill or aging parents and be happy with each other.
Giving voice to spousal caregivers. Raising awareness about caring partners since nobody talks about the ones who support chronically ill?
"You need to put as much effort into yourself that you put into helping others, because you are worth it.”
Asking yourself what to do for someone with cancer? These are real ideas that will actually help them get through this.
Help and Support for Alzheimers Caregivers. Practical and Emotional Help for those Coping Alone. Alzheimers Resources and Support.
How Can Caregivers Help Seniors with Social Isolation. Social isolation is one of the main catalysts of depression for seniors. Depression can seriously affect a person's health and may lead to suicide. Best ways to fight these feelings is to notice the signs of depression in a loved one. How Can Caregivers Help Seniors with Social Isolation : Social isolation is one of the main catalysts of depression for most age groups, particularly
Two tips for reducing the impact of chronic illness on marriage.
Conversations like this are needed to maintain a healthy relationship when one of you has a chronic illness. Questions will differ according to your illness
"When my body fell apart, my relationship didn’t."
Whether to disclose a disability or condition during a job search is a difficult decision. Learn how to disclose, along with samples.
When the one you hold dearest faces an illness, there will be some caregiving shifts in your relationship. Here are some uplifting tips to help you persevere through these changes.
One of America's leading hospice experts offers practical, easy-to-follow advice for caregivers and a holistic approach to treating the infirm or the terminally ill. Author Douglas C. Smith organizes his material around \"\"A Bill of Patient's Rights,\"\" a unique system he has taught to thousands throughout the country. He explains that the caregiver should enable patients to retain these rights: to be in control * to have a sense of purpose * to know the truth to be comfortable * to touch and be touched * to laugh to cry and express anger * to explore the spiritual to have a sense of family Included are easy-to-follow techniques and practical tools for improving care: assessment techniques dialogues meditations life reviews breathing exercises body revitalization methods ways that patients can evaluate and improve their own care and many others. Filled with inspirational stories and effective guidance, Caregiving also addresses how to communicate with difficult patients and those in denial, how to facilitate non-stressful family interaction, and other important topics. It will be invaluable to parents and children caring for their elders; physicians and nurses; social workers and home health aides; members of the clergy; and all facing the challenge of enriching patients' lives and spirits. Visit us online at http: //www.mcp.com/mgr/macmillan
Rosann shares how you can keep your marriage strong through chronic illness, in sickness and in health.
Runny nose, headache, muscles aches, fever, and sore throat are symptoms of many different illnesses. Read on for signs you may not just have a cold.
Being the caregiver spouse can be trying for you as an individual and your marriage. You find yourself playing the dual role of husband and wife sometimes.
Bipolar is a mental illness that affects everyone that has a relationship with them. This is especially true for someone dating someone with Bipolar
