Great Caregiving Resources to Recommend to a Friend
We’re always looking for the best resources on the Web that can help the busy, perhaps harried, caregiver do what they need to do with confidence and compassion, while maintaining a balance in life. Sometimes it’s not easy. One thing working in our favor is that we do have the Internet and its abundance of [...]
How to Reduce Anxiety for those with Dementia
It’s often easy to accidentally put someone who is suffering from dementia into a state of anxiety. Dementia can be caused by a number of things including neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, blood flow-related (vascular) disorders such as multi-infarct disease, inherited disorders such as Huntington’s disease, and infections such as HIV. Whatever the cause, [...]
Some Great Alzheimer’s Resources
SHF is not a site specifically dedicated to Alzheimer’s. There are many great sites that cover the topic. The most obvious is the Alzheimer’s Association site. And anyone with average Internet search abilities can find a good number of resources online. What we wanted to cover here are some of the gems you may not [...]
How to Help a Caregiver
There’s much said about caregivers’ need for support, but it’s often difficult to know how to help a caregiver when they need it. The tips here approach caregiver help from the perspective of the caregiver’s helper. You may have already offered to help a caregiver, but not yet been asked. Often caregivers have many reasons [...]
Two Tools for Getting You and Your Parent Organized
If you’re like many of us who are helping with our parent’s care, managing our own lives and possibly those of our children, anything that can save time, minimize effort and reduce the chance of a regrettable error is something worth considering. I ran across these, as with most things, while looking for something else. [...]
Caregiver Burnout: The Warning Signs
According to WebMD “sometimes, the pressure of caring for someone who is elderly or who has a chronic illness can lead to stress and a condition called ‘caregiver burnout.’ To prevent this, it’s essential to know how to manage your stress.” The site provides the following warning signs: Feelings of anger Difficulty concentrating Unproductive worrying [...]