Too Busy To Care
How many of us find ourselves too busy to really care? I recently helped a client identify a care community for a loved one who experienced a long list of health complications. This was a rather long journey of identifying communities, having assessments completed and receiving declines because the care needed was too significant for [...]
Caregiving – Out of Control
Caregiving, especially for individuals diagnosed with memory loss or Alzheimer’s, is hard work especially when the loved one receiving care no longer recognizes the caregiver. Many caregivers feel better if they maintain tight control over the caregiving situation — meaning controlling their loved ones’ physical behaviors and actions. In this type of caregiving situation tight [...]
Tips to Manage Caregiver Overwhelm
Are you an overwhelmed caregiver caring for elderly parents? Are you caring for a spouse and some days feel like you can’t go on? Most caregivers not only admit to overwhelm, stress, frustration, feelings of hopelessness but also having to manage their own chronic health conditions as a result of their caregiving activities. Many caregivers [...]
Caregiver Education
Caregiver Education Many caregivers I meet ask me how they can learn to become better caregivers. In the past I responded with “have you surfed the internet for information?” To my surprise caregivers responded yes — BUT they hadn’t found subject matter specific to their needs. Having difficulty believing this, I did a little internet [...]
Caregiving: Preventing High Costs of Care
If you’re a family caregiver or an older adult you may not be aware of the high costs of care when chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, COPD, arthritis and Alzheimer’s exist. The older we become, the more likely we are to have not one, but several chronic diseases. If preventative care is ignored, the [...]
Support Services for Caregivers of Aging Parents
An aging population has resulted in a significant increase in the number of adult children caring for aging parents. According to the National Alliance for Caregiving, “more than 65 million people, 29% of the U.S. population provide care.” These numbers are expected to increase as the population lives longer, but not necessarily healthier, due to [...]
Can You Say No?
Are you a caregiver constantly on the move, working, raising your children and caring for your parents. If so, how are you managing? Is there time for you to take a break, watch a sunset or spend time with a friend? In most caregiving relationships the work over time can become overwhelming and all encompassing, [...]
What Are We Really Grieving?
Over the past two months three people I’ve known have passed away. All were receiving hospice care under very different situations. One friend fought until the end not wanting to leave this earth. Another was seriously ill and passing was a blessing. The other was unexpectedly diagnosed with a serious condition and passed within days. [...]
Losing Control at End of Life
A woman I know recently and reluctantly agreed to accept hospice care. We often hear stories about people who love life so much they don’t want to give up. This woman was the person who fought for life every day. She was the person, who when you were around her, made you feel like you were [...]
Pitfalls of Misrepresenting Information or Lying to Parents Who Need Care
Caregiving is challenging. Many times when adult children become re-involved in the lives of older parents emotions are high and deception common because of longstanding issues with communication skills. Adult children see a clear path or need for the care of their parents. The parents disagree. Because relationships have been non-existent or strained situations where change is [...]
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