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A Caregiver

By Patti St. Clair
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues

A lot has been written about the holiday season as it pertains to caregivers and those who have had recent losses in their families. The author writes that a loss doesn’t need to be recent to be painful & talks about her emotions after losing her mother.

Filling The Void

By Donna Fee
  • Aging
  • Children & Youth
  • Death and Dying
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues

Many times when changes in our lives create overwhelming gaps in our daily existence. When we have given constant care to a loved one and they continue on their journey to their final destination, we often feel as though a large part of us is missing.

Hospice As A Model For Caregiving

By Marcia Lattanzi-Licht, MA, RN, LPC
  • Caregiver Issues
  • End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care
  • Support Groups

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.

What Caregivers Need From Doctors

By William Lamers, MD
  • Aging
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Eldercare
  • Homecare - Home Health Care

Not only caregivers need tips on how to take care of patients. Here are some guidelines for doctors of what might be useful in communicating with a caregiver.

The Holidays Are Coming: How To Make Them Sane & Satisfying

By Pauline Salvucci M.A.
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Eldercare
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Wellness

It’s that time of year again! Thanksgiving officially begins the holiday season. For most of us, the holidays signal excitement accompanied by stories, memories and traditions. .

Respite Care: Dare To Ask For The Help You Need

By Pauline Salvucci M.A.
  • Aging

Respite care takes top billing among the many challenges facing family caregivers. Most caregivers take on the responsibility of caregiving without considering the need of respite care as an ongoing necessity.

“There’s No Place Like Home” Physician Care

By Connie Ford Siskowski RN, MPA, BRIA
  • Aging
  • Disability - Accessability - Mobility
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Eldercare
  • Long Term Care
  • Wellness

Benefits and reasons for why physicians start making house calls once again. How to find the best home care doctor and what to expect for physician’s visit.

Opening Your Heart To Your Grieving Teen

By Katherine Dorn Zotovich
  • Aging
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs
  • Wellness

Support your grieving teen with love, care, and understanding. You can suggest to them writing in a journal. The article lists a few topics for the journal entries.

How to Talk to Your Doctor About Diabetes

By Rick Mendosa
  • Aging
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Wellness

One of the biggest challanges that people with diabetes have is to keep in close contact with their doctor over the long term. Here are some tips to maximize the time spent with your doctor.

Food And Our Moods

By Lisa Drayer, MA, RD
  • Aging

Here are some tips on coping with different feelings, which will help to avoid binge eating.

Coping With The Stress Of Recent Events

By Susie Mantell
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing

Here are some simple, no nonsense suggestions to help you through this stressful time as healthy and whole and available to those who need you.

You And Your Doctor: It Takes Two To Tango

By Pauline Salvucci M.A.
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Wellness

Guidelines on how to assess a relationship with your doctor and how to improve it in order to get everything out of your doctor visit. The article is helpful for both patients and doctors.

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