EP #1: Introduction to our Home Care Pod and Caring Through COVID!
Tune in today to learn more about Laura and Audra, your Home Care Ladies. In this first episode, we will discuss the ins and outs of caring through COVID.
Keeping Your Marriage Strong While Caregiving
Caring for an aging parent can be more stressful than anyone can imagine. Full-time caregiving comes with an increased risk for health problems, depression, and substance abuse. Understandably, caregiving can take a serious toll on a caregiver’s marriage and relationship with family members.
Coping With Complicated Grief (CG) as a Family Caregiver
For most people, experiencing normal grief and bereavement brings with it a period of sorrow, numbness, and sometimes guilt and anger. But for some people, feelings of loss are debilitating and don’t improve, even as time passes. This is known as complicated grief (CG). Here are some tips to cope with this type of grief.
When It’s Time For a Senior To Have a Home Alert System
Home alert systems are one of the most beneficial devices that a senior can have. The technology behind these systems has advanced dramatically over the past 10 years, and seniors that use them have never felt safer or more secure.
7 Tips For Assisting a Senior With Medication Management
Most seniors need assistance with medication management. Many take multiple medications throughout the day, and it's easy for a mix-up to happen. Here are seven tips for helping your senior safely manage their medications.
5 Ways to Effectively Balance Work and Caregiving
Having your concentration broken and having to put your work aside as you tend to your caretaker responsibilities can make getting your work completed quite difficult to do. Fortunately, there are ways to find the balance you’re looking for. Here are five ways to effectively balance work and caregiving.
Helping Your Aging Parent Cope With the Loss of Their Spouse
Aging may have brought on challenges for your parents, but none are probably as difficult as the loss of their spouse. Your parent is trying to figure out what to do, who they are, and what the future holds for them. Here are seven ways to help them.
5 Easy Exercises for Seniors
Have you been thinking that the senior in your life needs to exercise more, but you don’t know where to start? Here are 5 easy exercise ideas for seniors that you can try.
The Ups and Downs of Being a Caregiver
Being a caregiver can be a little bit like being on a roller coaster. There are exhilarating ups followed by disheartening downs. Let's take a look at what some of the ups and downs are.
Caregiving Tips When An Aging Parent Has Memory Loss
When an aging parent has memory loss, caregiving can be very challenging. In addition to the physical manifestations of memory loss, such as not remembering to shower or not remembering to take medication, there is also the emotional toll memory loss takes on both the parent and the caregiver.