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Two Kisses

By Gwendolyn deGeest RN, BSN, MA
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Eldercare
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs
  • Support Groups
  • Wellness

This spouse shares creative solutions of learning to speak Alzheimer’s, and motivates us to always have hope.

That’s So Fake!

By Alan Cohen
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs
  • Wellness

When confronting fearful experiences, love and encouragement, helps us overcome our fears and difficult times. The author suggests that fear is just an illusion that is just bound to disappear.

The Fifth Condition

By Alan Cohen
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs
  • Wellness

The author believes love can make a person’s life so happy; therefore, any job, relationship, or factor of a person’s life that begins because of love should not go wrong.

The Sin of Kin

By Gloria Sprung
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregiver Issues

This article discusses the relationships of caregivers to members of their family who do not share in the caregiving process but are critical in their methods.

The National Family Caregivers Support Program

By Administration On Aging
  • Aging
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Eldercare
  • Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
  • Homecare - Home Health Care
  • Long Term Care
  • Respite Coalitions & Services
  • Volunteer Service Programs

The National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP) calls for all states to have five basic services for family caregivers. This article describes these services, who’s eligible and more.

Family Caregiver Support Program Contacts – State by State Contact

By Guest Author
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Community Services
  • Respite Coalitions & Services
  • Support Groups
  • Volunteer Service Programs

State by state contact details for family caregiver support programs.

Children with AD/HD and Their Families

By Marissa Lewis
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Children & Youth
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Homecare - Home Health Care
  • Long Term Care

This article gives insight into the symptoms of AD/HD, the stress it can impose on families who have children with AD/HD and some program considerations for these families.

Soothing Those Jangled Nerves: Stress Management

By ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Wellness

For family caregivers, stress is often of a higher intensity and longer duration than for others, and requires diligence to manage effectively. Read about the symptoms, and about strategies for stress management.

Setting Limits to Caregiving

By Roberta Satow
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • Long Term Care
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Wellness

Setting limits is difficult for most people; it is a common problem in many areas of our life, not just caregiving. It is hard to say “no” or “enough” without feeling guilty.

Life “Altaring” Experiences

By Carol LaBarbera
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • Wellness

The author discusses different reasons for creating an altar, along with the tools necessary to create one on your own.

Leeza Gibbons Tells The Most important Story of All: Her Family’s Journey with “The Thief”

By Leeza Gibbons
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues

The author shares her experiences with Alzheimer’s with her grandmother and mother.

Chapter 12: Reflexologist

By Connie Siewert
  • Aging
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Death and Dying
  • Disability - Accessability - Mobility
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Eldercare
  • End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care
  • Homecare - Home Health Care
  • Long Term Care
  • Wellness

The author has chosen to share her chapter on reflexology to empower caregivers with a healing therapy that can be helpful in relieving pain, restoring balance and putting both patient and caregiver in a more relaxed state.

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