Alzheimer
The brain damage caused by Alzheimer’s disease can make a person act in unusual, distressing, or even darkly humorous ways. This can help you cope.
Getting Siblings Involved
It is often one sibling, and one alone who takes on the lion share of caring for an aging parent. Learn how to get other siblings involved in caregiving.
A Caregiver
Taking care of an aging parent can cause fatigue, stress, even depression. This author gives her detailed account of cargiving for her elderly parent.
Why Many Of Us No Longer Breathe Naturally
- Aging
- Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
- Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
- Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs
- Wellness
Do not hide your emotions and breathe properly. This article provides reasons and techniques for proper breathing.
The Role Of Being A Caregiver Is No Accident
- Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
- Caregiver Issues
- Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
- Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
- Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs
- Wellness
Accept your feelings and submerge in the loving and compassionate existence. Abandon your feelings of guilt and the need for approval before you start caring for the loved one.
Depression In The Caregiver
Depression seems to be part and parcel of becoming a caregiver to a loved one. As we watch our loved one struggle to do simple tasks, watch them decline in mind and body, watch them lose their independence and eventually their lives in the process.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now…
A former caregiver to her mother shares how she feels knowing what she does today vs when she was actually caregiving.
The Ego Strikes Back
Has anyone ever told you that you are selfish? Were you offended? Did you defend and justify your actions? Did you walk away feeling insulted?
How To Talk About End-Of-Life Concerns
It;s hard to talk about dying, death and bereavement. Talking about death seems to make it more real but most people find that talking ends up being reassuring and helpful.
Alzheimer’s: Dealing With Repetitive Behavior – How To Reassure Them While Preserving Your Equilibrium
Here are some stratagies to help deal with repetitive behavior in Alzheimer’s patients.
Helping Children Deal With Loss Through the Journaling Process
To help a child deal with the loss of a loved one by encouraging children to express themselves by drawing, writing and sharing their feelings and thoughts through the process of journaling.
Alzheimer Patient’s Prayer
- Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
- Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
- Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
Written as an indivdual with Alzheimer’s might pray.