Finding Ways to Combat the Isolation of Caregiving I read an article recently about caregiving issues and one of the biggest issues is that while everyone is worrying about the caree’s health and well-being, no one is worrying about the caregiver. It is assumed that since they are the “healthy” one, their ...
Sleep Hygiene To Help With Sleep Problems I have had a really difficult time with sleep lately, so I thought I’d do some homework on tactics to get a better night’s sleep. I figure, if I am having sleep challenges, people who are in the trenches of caregiving are probably struggling as well. ...
Roundup of My 5 Favorite Articles for Caregivers Happy Friday and beginning of Fall! Living in SoCal, we really don’t get the wonderful brisk Fall weather, but I will happily indulge in pumpkin everything. I hope you have a wonderful relaxing weekend full of self-care and joy this weekend. Here are ...
Support Nutritional Goals in Aging Parents to Keep Them Healthy As we age, we tend to be less active, which can lead to decreased appetite. Even though our aging parents aren’t burning as many calories, they still need to take in proper nutrition to maintain a healthy body weight and remain strong. ...
How to Preserve Family Traditions, Recipes and History We all hate to think about the fact that our aging family members may pass away some day. Unfortunately, if there’s one true fact about life, it’s that no one lives forever. I know I’ve talked about it before, but I’m so sad that ...
How to Help Aging Parents Avoid Financial Scams In the seven years I worked with the elderly, I met so many wonderful, trusting people. Sometimes, too trusting. I had clients who never locked their doors, clients who loaned money and cars to paid caregivers and clients who responded to every piece of ...
Knowing the Risks of Wandering and How to Protect Your Parent with Alzheimer’s Disease If you are a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s disease, you are probably familiar with “wandering.” Wandering is a persistent behavior where a person with Alzheimer’s disease moves around the environment with seemingly no purpose or awareness of ...
Free Up Time By Delegating These Caregiving Tasks Caregiving is challenging. Between managing your own household and helping your parents age in place, the never-ending to do list can be overwhelming. While it can be expensive to hire an in-home caregiver, there are less expensive tasks you can outsource to simplify your ...
How to Eat Well When You Don’t Have Time to Cook Last week I participated in a Twitter chat about nutrition for seniors and people living with cancer. One of the main themes of the chat was that it is critical for seniors to eat healthy foods. The same goes for caregivers, who ...
Happy Friday! I hope you have had a wonderful week! I participated in a Twitter conversation (follow me at @caregivingeasy) on nutrition for seniors this week, so in addition to a roundup of my favorite caregiving stories this week, I’ll re-share my posts on healthy eating. When You Are Shamed for ...
