Caregiver Stress
Easy Ways to Simplify Thanksgiving with Your Family
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and as a family caregiver it is more important than ever for you to start planning early. Getting started early on your preparations and planning is essential to making sure you are ready for the challenges of the holiday, while also balancing the ongoing care needs of your senior.…
Read MoreWhere Can You Find Support as a Caregiver?
Having support that you can count on as a caregiver can help you to do more and to give more. Your own support system might be made up of all of these types of support or only one. It’s whatever works for you and for your situation. If you don’t allow yourself to lean on…
Read MoreHas Being a Family Caregiver Taken Over Your Life?
Being a family caregiver gives you the unique opportunity to spend more quality time with your aging parent, dedicate yourself to ensuring that their needs are met effectively and efficiently, and give back to them for all the care and love they gave you as you were growing up. It is normal for you as…
Read MoreWhat Can You Do When You’re a Caregiver Battling Depression?
Depression is something that you might encounter more than once during your time as a caregiver. There are so many different reasons for dealing with depression, but what’s important is how you face it. Talk to Your Doctor. The very first thing you should do is to talk to your own doctor. There may be…
Read MoreHow Being a Caregiver Can Impact Your Life
Sometimes becoming a caregiver to an older adult isn’t a conscious choice you make. Often, people simply find themselves thrust into the role by a medical condition that makes the senior reliant on others for help. Whether you feel you have a choice about becoming a caregiver or not, there’s no doubt that taking on…
Read MoreCare for Your Elderly Parent, Care for Yourself
As a family caregiver, providing time for yourself is one of the best things you can do for your aging loved one. While it may seem like the opposite is true, the facts are that caregivers often experience burnout and chronic stress when they don’t line up some respite care. If your own health and…
Read MoreHow Can You Cope When an Aging Adult Only Wants to Complain?
An aging family member who constantly complains is not likely to care how that makes you feel. And if you’re like most caregivers, constant complaints are going to wear you down quickly. How you approach your senior’s reactions and the comments that she makes can dramatically improve your own experience as a caregiver. Determine if…
Read MoreWhat Can You Do When Your Emotions Are Just Too Much?
As a caregiver, you might be shocked to realize that your emotions might start to run closer to the surface than they ever have. You might also be feeling emotions like anger and frustration that you feel guilty about. Take a Step Back. The first thing to do when your emotions start to feel way…
Read MoreAre You Running into More Problems than Solutions?
When you’re a caregiver, you’re often solving problems constantly for your care recipient and yourself. At times, you may start to feel as if there are way more problems surrounding you than there are solutions for those problems. It doesn’t have to be that way, though. Start with a List of Solutions that Might Work.…
Read MoreMultitasking Tips to Make Your Holiday Season Less Stressful
Being a family caregiver for an elderly adult in of itself is stressful and busy, and it is likely that you often feel as though there are not enough hours in the day to do what you need to do. This can be especially true if you are also taking care of young children, managing…
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