Handicapped Parking Plates Tags by State (updated)
Caregivers often provide transportation to doctor’s offices, grocery stores, pharmacies and the like. When a parent has difficulty walking even short distances, a driver without a handicapped card, or tag, is often faced with dropping them off at the curb, parking the car and then running into the building in order to catch up. For [...]
Is there an opposite of caregiver burnout?
We’re always looking for ways of making life easier for us and our parents. Occasionally we run across a great resource that we’ve never seen before and wonder why. Today’s find is a book called Share the Care. As most caregivers know, burnout is not only a real threat to the caregiver, it most certainly [...]
Handicapped Parking Plates Tags by State
Caregivers often provide transportation to doctor’s offices, grocery stores, pharmacies and the like. When a parent has difficulty walking even short distances, a driver without a handicapped card, or tag, is often faced with dropping them off at the curb, parking the car and then running into the building in order to catch up. For [...]
Tips on Helping Manage Prescriptions
First, let’s get the disclaimers out of the way. We’re not doctors, or pharmacists, and if you’re not either, you should always rely on a doctor and/or pharmacist for a final opinion on anything to do with medicines or supplements. In fact, many pharmacy chains offer a number of caregiver tools on their sites, including [...]
Good Info on Hiring Home Health Aides Via: NYT
There are three good posts on The New Old Age Blog at the New York Times about hiring home health aides. Never having been though the process, but thinking I might someday, I found these posts helpful. Home Health Aides: Why Hire From an Agency? – This first of a three-part series of interviews with [...]
The Sandwich Generation
Are you currently busy raising children; all the while, caring for the needs of an aging parent? If so, you are not alone! CBS News reported in May of 2006 that, “An estimated 16 million Americans – more people than live in all of New England – find themselves “sandwiched” between two generations, struggling to [...]
Top Ten Things for Caregivers to Start Doing for the New Year
Today’s Caregiver Magazine online has a good set of tips for caregivers to help get a little more organized for the new year. It looks like a good list of new years resolutions. Some of the great tips include keeping complete records of medicines/interactions, doctor appointments and medical information… which is a better way of [...]