Finding Meaning in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Memory Loss
It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day challenges of caregiving and lose sight of the important things in life. This is true for just about anyone, anytime, but particularly true when working through the challenges of a progressive disease like Alzheimer’s, or Parkinson’s. Much is said about caregivers and their need for respite [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Caring for Your Parents: PBS Caregiver Handbook
The Public Broadcasting Company (PBS) provides the public with some fantastic resources for preparing yourself to begin caring for your parents. First of which is the “Cargiver’s Handbook.” PBS recognizes that as our population ages, more and more adult children will be “grappling with an unprecedented social, cultural, economic, and personal revolution as they transition [...]
Caregiver Care
Being a caregiver is a tremendous responsibility. It is critical that you remember to take care of yourself when you are facing such challenges. There are a wealth of resources on the Internet for caregivers: Family Caregiver Alliance Family Caregiving 101 National Alliance for Caregiving Alzheimer’s Association CareFinder Family Caregiving 101 is one of our favorite [...]