Caregiver Stories
Explore the complex emotions faced by caregivers during a loved one's move to memory care. This guide offers insights, research findings, and practical strategies to support families through this challenging transition, emphasizing the need for understanding and compassion.
Ask the Experts
This guide provides essential insights into assessing the capacity and decision-making abilities of elderly patients. It covers the importance of informed consent, the use of formal assessment tools, legal considerations, and strategies for supporting autonomy and ensuring well-being.
Healthy Aging
Happy Mother's Day to all the special women who provide care for their mothers or others. As unpaid caregivers, they show incredible strength and dedication in their important work. Let's recognize and support these caregivers on this special day.
Mental Health
Are you often left feeling exhausted and unappreciated by your own family? Do you struggle to establish healthy boundaries with certain family members? It’s time to recognize the signs of family taking advantage of you
Grief Recovery
Demystifying Grief: Debunking Common Myths in the Journey Through Loss" offers insightful guidance on understanding grief. It challenges misconceptions, explores the grieving process's complexities, and provides compassionate strategies for healing and support.
The Working Caregiver
Being a caregiver for a loved one with dementia is challenging and can lead to caregiver stress and burnout. Learn how to recognize the signs of burnout and take steps to prioritize your own health and well-being in this informative blog post by Diane Carbo.
Grief Recovery
Our unique course with meditation can help you work through your grief and find resolution. Share your thoughts and feelings with others who understand the bond between humans and their pets.
Medication Safety
With an increasing interest in natural remedies, elderberry has emerged as a powerful ally in the fight against allergic reactions. This article delves into the efficacy of elderberry as a natural remedy for allergies, backed by scientific studies, while also highlighting its other health benefits.
Caregiver Stories
Understand the importance of self-care, setting realistic expectations, and connecting with others for support. Get practical advice and strategies for managing caregiver guilt and reducing stress in your caregiving journey.
Tests
The animal naming test is a simple way to determine if someone may be suffering from dementia. This test is easy to administer.
Aging In Place
Discover essential strategies for preventing falls among the elderly, including managing health risks, environmental safety tips, and the benefits of using Indeelift for safe recovery. Learn how to protect older adults from serious injuries and enhance their independence.
Faith In Caregiving
This post by Veronica Badowski offers spiritual encouragement to caregivers, highlighting the importance of the Holy Spirit's fruits—like patience and love—in their challenging role. It underscores caregiving as a journey of love, sacrifice, and spiritual growth.