Empowering Caregivers
- Caregiver Issues
- Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
- Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
- Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs
Description of what it is to feel empowered.
Picking Up The Pieces
The author describes the importance of picking up the pieces and reclaiming your own life after a loved one passes. It is vital to begin living your life more fully once again and doing things you enjoy.
Maintaining Independence For The Carerecipient And Yourself
Lack of independence might lead to low self-esteem and other emotional problems. To avoid that, a caregiver needs to establish guidelines approved by the carereciever that will preserve intdependance of both parties involved.
Information On Document Lists You Will Need As A Caregiver
- Caregiver Issues
- Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
- Forms - Downloadable & Printable
- Long Term Care
- Research
Types of Checklists that willl provide researcg that you will need to take action with so that your caregiving role will be easier.
“Mom and Me”
The author talks about her experiences of taking care of her father and her mother, who has Alzheimer. She explains the feelings of loss not only for her Dad but also for her Mother.
In Search of The Authentic Self
A prerequisite to authentic living is in discovery, or more accurately rediscovering who we are.
Long Distance Caregiving Activity
Fun activities that could be done with your parents to make them feel happy: Snail Mail. Send various paper clips, pictures, or brochures via mail to your paprent to make them feel part of the family.
Funeral Service & Hospice: Mutual Concern, Cooperation & Care
- Caregiver Issues
- Death and Dying
- End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care
- Respite Coalitions & Services
Hospice is a “concept of care,” rather than a place. Its main purpose is to provide the patient/family with the highest quality of life available to the dying.
Hospice Care and the Medicare Hospice Benefit
- Aging
- Caregiver Issues
- Community Services
- Death and Dying
- Disability - Accessability - Mobility
- Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
- Eldercare
- End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care
- Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
- Homecare - Home Health Care
- Long Term Care
- Residential Options
This brochure helps patients and loved ones understand more about hospice care, as well as learn about the eligibility requirements and services covered under the Medicare Hospice Benefit.
Getting Comfortable As A Caregiver In Your New Role
Stepping into the role as a caregiver presents many challenges depending on who it is you are caring for. There is a lot of adaption that must happen in caregiving.
Caring For An Aging Parent: Did I Do Enough?
Although most caregivers bear their burden with love, caregiving is so demanding that most people feel inadequate. Emotions, such as guilt can extract a heavy toll on the health of the caregiver.
The One Common Link Between: Stress
- Aging
- Caregiver Issues
- Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
- Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
- Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs
All caregivers share a common link – stress that comes with the will to be a good caregiver. Stress can result in psychological and physiological problems. One way to avoid it is to face stress.