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Self-Care for Caregivers
Self-Care for Caregivers By June Duncan Working as a caregiver to a senior or a younger person who needs help can be both rewarding and demanding. It’s very easy to slide into doing more than you can sustain in a healthy way. Becoming over-extended is particularly...
When is it time? Should your relative move to long-term care if you are the caregivier?
When you are caring for someone at home when should you consider having them live in a long-term care facility? The executive summary: it depends. It depends on so many factors but I will break them down for you. Your relative:If your loved one is wandering and has...
Finding People you Trust to Help Your Aging Relatives
We have all heard the stories of elderly people being helped by someone who steals from them or abuses them. Sometimes we do not find out this information until the person passes away or it is too late. For example, If your relative sent thousands of dollars in Visa...
Giving the elderly choices. Make your life easier.
If your elderly relatives are asking too much from you, make them part of the solution.
Has parenting your elderly parents become your full-time job?
Janice has to arrange transportation to activities, drive to doctor appointments and follow up on the recommendations, do shopping for clothes and food and prepare meals and pay bills. She hasn't been able to take a vacation in three years. She is always worried...
When a little kindness goes to far. Can you ask too much of friends and neighbors?
When there is a crisis local friends, neighbors, faith community members and distant relatives usually come out to help with gusto. A call for dinner for someone experiencing a health crisis can lead to a freezer full of casseroles that will take months to eat....
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