Grandparenting Tips
Discusses issues for helping your self as a grandparent caregiver.
On Being A Better Grandparent
Parents are the linchpin of the relationship between you and your grandchild and it is important to begin at the beginning to help the couple to be happy.
Grandparents And Religious Differences: When Your Grandchild Is Not Being Raised In Your Religion
With the significant increase in interfaith marriages, many grandparents are anguishing because their grandchildren are being raised with religious beliefs different from their own, or no religion at all.
Grieving: Life After Loss
- Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
- Caregiver Issues
- Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
- Death and Dying
- Grandparenting
- Grief and Bereavement
- Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
Caregiving is not the end of living. it is a lesson and a cross in ways for us because we are forever changed. This author talks about dealing with life after the loss of a loved one.
Sharing The Holidays When A Loved One Is In A Nursing Home
Suggestions on how to bring the holiday spirit to the loved one when he or she is in a Nursing Home. Remember, the best gift is to visit the loved one as often as possible.
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.
AXA Foundation Family Care Resource Connection
- Aging
- Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
- Caregiver Issues
- Children & Youth
- Community Services
- Death and Dying
- Disability - Accessability - Mobility
- Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
- Eldercare
- End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care
- Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
- Gay and Lesbian Issues
- Grandparenting
- Grief and Bereavement
- Home Safety and Modification
- Homecare - Home Health Care
- Legislation and Advocacy
- Long Term Care
- Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
- Research
- Residential Options
- Respite Coalitions & Services
- Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs
- Support Groups
- Transportation Services
- Volunteer Service Programs
- Wellness
- Workplace - Employment Issues
Briefly describes the AXA Foundation Family Care Resource Connection where listings, ratings, and reviews of a number of resources are provided. A variety of topics are addressed.
Life With A Loved One With Alzheimer
- Aging
- Caregiver Issues
- Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
- Grandparenting
- Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
Learn a view of ALzheimers from a 15 year old grandaughters point of view.
When A Parent Moves In
Taking care of your parent who is living with you can be the most rewarding experience. However, you need to consider many factors before moving the parent in with you. Article lists suggestions on where to start.
Grandparents Are Taking Care Of Grandchildren
In 1998, 3.9 million children younger than 18 lived in households headed by their grandparents, an 80 percent increase since 1970. A brief discussion of some of the issues surrounding Grandparenting/Child/Grandchild roles.