Self-care

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Loving Yourself: A Caregiver’s Ultimate Challenge

We’ve all heard that we must first learn to love ourselves before we can love others. Yet, many of us have grown...

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Caring For Those in Chronic Pain: How Spouses Cope

Traditional marriage vows generally contain the words “through sickness and in health.” For some couples, chronic sickness in the form of a...

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Repeat After Me: Phrases Caregivers Can Cling to

Life isn’t easy for most people, and it’s not perfect for anybody. Sometimes, as we trudge through the days providing help for...

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Tips to Help You “Unplug” from Caregiving

Jen has been caring for her parents for almost two years and she is quickly approaching caregiver burnout. A close friend booked...

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Grief Counseling Can Help Caregivers Long Before Care Recipient Passes

Dear Carol: I supported and cared for my parents for years before they both died days apart last year. Now, my husband...

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Recognizing Caregiver Burnout and Attempting to Heal as We Care

Caregiver burnout isn’t something that happens all at once. We all have good days and bad days, which is normal. Eventually, though,...

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Free Caregiver Training with Support from a Geriatrician and More

Caregivers are often thrown into an unknown world of medication management and handling cognitive challenges. With little or no medical training, this...

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Caregiving: A Legacy To Be Proud Of

Have you thought about what you’d want your obituary to say about you? I hadn’t until I was recently asked to write...

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How to Survive Caring for Multiple Elders at the Same Time

Each of our aging parents is unique. Some people age so well that they need little help until they are well into...

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Journaling for Caregivers: Rediscover Yourself and Reclaim Your Life

At some point during your caregiving journey, you may find yourself in a rut. The awareness may come with a birthday, a...

Self-care

Loving Yourself: A Caregiver’s Ultimate Challenge

Caring For Those in Chronic Pain: How Spouses Cope

Repeat After Me: Phrases Caregivers Can Cling to

Tips to Help You “Unplug” from Caregiving

Grief Counseling Can Help Caregivers Long Before Care Recipient Passes

Recognizing Caregiver Burnout and Attempting to Heal as We Care

Free Caregiver Training with Support from a Geriatrician and More

Caregiving: A Legacy To Be Proud Of

How to Survive Caring for Multiple Elders at the Same Time

Journaling for Caregivers: Rediscover Yourself and Reclaim Your Life

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Egosan Incontinence: Discover the Difference

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Free Caregiver Training provided by Geriatrician Leslie Kernisan, MD

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