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Regularly reevaluating your caregiving plan for seniors ensures sustainable care. Learn key steps to assess needs, prevent burnout, and plan for future support.
Continue ReadingDiscover essential holiday caregiving tips for seniors to enhance the festive season while preventing caregiver burnout. Learn how to maintain routines, manage expectations, and adapt traditions for a joyful and inclusive atmosphere. Read on.
Continue ReadingAccording to the CDC, roughly one out of every four adults acts as some form of caregiver to someone with a long term illness or disability, in an unpaid or informal capacity. It is projected that by the year 2030, there will be about 71 million adults in the United States aged 65 or older, which means that the need for caregivers can only increase from here.
Continue ReadingCaregiving, no matter how rewarding, is always a stressful experience. Watching our parents age will undoubtedly produce emotional reactions. And when your elderly loved one needs help to get through the day, it is often a painful experience.
Continue ReadingThere are an estimated 11 million caregivers in the United States who are part of the sandwich generation. For those unfamiliar with the term, the sandwich generation refers to adults today who are caring in home for both their older parents, and their younger adult children who have moved back home or remained there for any number of reasons after turning 18. These people are not only caring for the aging adults in their lives, but also the needs of their younger children. Members of the sandwich generation tend to experience high levels of emotional stress, as well as physical and financial strain as they juggle responsibilities.
Continue ReadingThanksgiving is one of the cornerstone holidays of America, a feast celebrating family and togetherness, upon which one of the foundational tales of our country rests. While everyone certainly enjoys good food, a cozy atmosphere, and seeing friends, family, and other loved ones, the amount of stress, travel, effort, and planning that goes into the holiday can be a great source of negativity for some, ruining their enjoyment or perhaps making them come out the other end with a bad taste in their mouths, no matter how many helpings of pumpkin pie they have.
Continue ReadingHow do you find balance in your life when you’re also caring for elderly parents? This is a common question that many people have and struggle with. Self care for caregivers is just as important as caring for those in need who are living under your roof. Recognizing that you cannot do it all on your own, and prioritizing self care as much as possible is a great place to start.
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