The author shares about caregivers parents who were brought up during the depression and their consciousness about spending money on important things that are necessary for their health and well being
The author addresses the issues of a carerecipient’s vulnerability when someone is caring for them.
This article relates a family scenario in which hoarding has become a problem. It gives probable reasons for this characteristic of dementia victims. The article concludes with ten tips for family caregivers.
This article answers the questions: 1) What is sundowning? 2) What causes sundowning? 3) How can I lessen the symptoms of sundowning for my loved one?
This article is brief, but to the point. It gives the reason for wandering and tips to help the family cope with this troubling life pattern.
This article explains situations that can cause an outburst of anger in the dementia victim to the family caregiver. It concludes with tips on how to deal with such situations.
The author discusses mistakes that doctors and pharmacists make in prescribing medications and things you can do to prevent these medication errors from occurring to your loved one or to yourself.
The purpose for viewing any crisis occurring within a person’s life as potential for spiritual awakening is to help an individual use the crisis to maximize its usefulness in his/her own personal development. The author describes how to identify and cope.
Gail encourages each of you to write a letter about all you are going through as a caregiver to all your congressman, politicians and the President of the US.
The National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP released “Caregiving in the US,” an update to the 1997 National Caregiver Survey available on the Alliance web site at www.caregiving.org. This release highlights various aspects of the report.
A process highlighting the awesome power of intention and attention. The source of all of our desires stem from our soul’s yearning to express itself. Within this discovery, true present-moment awareness becomes an available reality.
