Dealing with issues at the end of life, caregivers feel very alone. Decisions about life support and questions about the meaning of suffering permeate the everyday tasks and bring caregivers to a new threshold.
As a caregiver, you must accumulate as much information as possible. it is stressful and time-consuming but the experiences this author has learned is quite an accomplishment.
The author describes her fight to convince her parents to attend adult daycare.
When will the government give the same priority to caregivers as that of the war? This editorial discusses the importance of advocacy today. Ideas for stress relief of unresolved anger also is discussed.
Suggestions for creating support groups in your own area.
In this very fast paced world, it seems impossible to simplify our lives. Here are some strategies to help you weed out the unnecessary and simplify, simplify, simplify.
This is one woman’s struggle with grief and bereavement, how it effects her family, and how she deals with it in her own way.
Various forms of respite care for caregivers of those with alzheimer’s and other dementias.
This article focuses on programs and ideas that include siblings of children with special health and developmental needs.
An examination on the many losses experienced in life through death, divorce, leaving home, etc and what they mean for the future.
If you are new to the caregiving situation, the internet can become an incredible resource for research, support, and meeting other caregivers in simular situations. Here are some important things new caregivers should know.
Hospice supportive services are designed to offer information and backup to family members so that they will be more then able to care for their loved ones.
