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Caregiver Health Blog
10 Podcasts:
 1. caregivers-guidecom-How_to_Juggle_Work_and .. (played 4 times)
2. caregivers-guidecom-Adaptive_Devices_Careg .. (played 6 times)
3. caregivers-guidecom-Financial_Demands_of_C .. (played 5 times)
4. caregivers-guidecom-Defining_the_Types_of_ .. (played 5 times)
5. caregivers-guidecom-Feeling_Overwhelmed_wi .. (played 4 times)
6. caregivers-guidecom-The_Importance_of_Fami .. (played 5 times)
7. caregivers-guidecom-Sibling_Expectations_i .. (played 5 times)
8. caregivers-guidecom-Silent_and_Suffering_H .. (played 4 times)
9. caregivers-guidecom-Employing_Assistive_Te .. (played 3 times)
10. caregivers-guidecom-Eight_Smart_Strategies .. (played 4 times)
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Eight Smart Strategies for Long Distance Caregiving
What happens when you want to take care of your elderly parent but they live in Texas while you live in Oregon? Long distance caregiving can be quite demanding and nerve wracking because you are wondering what is happening with your parent and how they are doing when you are not there to see them. [...]
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Employing Assistive Technology for Your Loved One
If you care for a loved one that is ill, then you know that every little bit of help you can get is good thing. Caring for someone is a job that never ends, which is a burden for you, but caring can also be a burden for the patient themselves. Many people who are [...]
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Silent and Suffering Helping an Adult Caregiver with Depression
There is a big problem among adult caregivers these days that they either do not recognize or no one is talking about. The problem is called depression and as many as 25% of all adult caregivers suffer from this condition which is twice the national average of the population in general. These figures are actually [...]
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Sibling Expectations in Caregiving Roles
Coping with the illness of a parent is difficult enough on its own, but often such a circumstance can cause conflicts between siblings. These kinds of conflicts can really escalate when a parent requires long terms care and someone needs to step in and take on the role of caregiver. They types of conflicts that [...]
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The Importance of Family Caregiving Over Institutional Care
Assuming the role of caregiver for a loved one can be challenging and with the amount of stress and aggravation that comes with the job, you would think that the caregiver would rather turn the loved one over to a nursing home or other organized care facility. However, the opposite it true! While the trials [...]
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Feeling Overwhelmed with the New Caregiver Role – How to Get Started
It is quite normal to feel overwhelmed when faced with assuming the role of caregiver. There are a number of people in this country who are now taking care of their parents in their declining years. You may have actually been a caregiver for years without realizing it before an accident or event changed your [...]
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Defining the Types of Home Care Services that Aid Primary Caregivers
If you are the primary caregiver for a loved one and are finding the demands of being the only caregiver to be too high, it might be time to consider home care services that will help relieve some of the burden that is now placed entirely on you. There’s an important distinction to be made [...]
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How to Juggle Work and Caregiving Duties
Thanks to better healthcare and information about nutrition and healthy diets, people are living longer and this means a growing population of seniors. With the increase of seniors comes an increase in Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, stroke, Parkinson’s disease and many other ailments that normally strike that age set. Not only do these illnesses prove debilitating [...]
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Adaptive Devices Caregivers May Need for Loved Ones
When it comes to taking care of an aging loved one, it’s important to not only think about the needs of the person that are physical needs, such as being warm enough and being fed and bathed, but also about the needs that are more psychological. Many caregivers notice that when the person they are [...]
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Financial Demands of Caregiving and How to Cope with Them
For most caregivers, time isn’t the only thing demanded of them. The person who steps in to offer care to an ill family member usually also takes on the financial burden of looking after the person. The cost of giving care is tremendous physically and emotionally for the caregiver, but it can also be overwhelming [...]
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