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There are so many reasons that family caregivers decide to take care of the people they love. Over time, those duties grow and become much larger, contributing to the stress that caregivers experience. If family caregivers don’t pay attention to self-care and reducing caregiver stress, they may eventually experience burnout. 24-hour home care is one solution that can help families to manage caregiving duties in a way that reduces stress and the likelihood of caregiver burnout.
Caregiver stress and burnout might sound at first as if they’re the same thing, but they’re different. In the most basic terms, stress is going to occur, but it’s manageable. Burnout happens if stress isn’t managed properly and continues to grow. Family caregivers can come back from the effects of stress and continue to take care of the seniors they love, but burnout can be so impactful that family caregivers have to step back altogether.
Caregiver stress often presents as a situation where family caregivers feel overwhelmed or worried a lot of the time. They may also be tired and have difficulty with their sleep schedules. They may not be eating well or enough and their moods may be tough to manage. Having help from home care providers and taking time for self-care can reduce stress and allow family caregivers to recover a bit. It’s very common for family caregivers to notice these symptoms ramping up and start to realize that they need to take action to reduce their stress.
Burnout, on the other hand, can also have some of these symptoms, but they’re not alleviated through a few hours of rest. Family caregivers experiencing burnout may also find that they feel sad or frustrated most of the time and may no longer be interested in activities they used to love. Physical aches and pains, headaches, and other ailments may be more common than usual as well. Family caregivers approaching burnout may also start to have more trouble with substance abuse as a way to try to self-medicate.
The key to all of this for family caregivers is to reduce stress and burnout before they cause massive problems. Stress management gives family caregivers the opportunity to avoid serious repercussions from both stress and burnout. Working with experienced elder care providers ensures that seniors have the support they need while family caregivers can take time away to focus on their own needs.
Around-the-clock help is another solution for families to consider. This type of help expands on what home care offers. 24-hour home care providers are available through the day and the night, which can allow family caregivers to get the sleep they desperately need in order to reduce stress and be ready for the demands of caregiving.
Taking better care of themselves allows family caregivers to take better care of the seniors in their charge. 24-hour home care providers offer valuable help during the day and overnight so that families have the support they need most.
Hello Seniors, Families and Friends. One of the magnificent office members of Golden Heart has a birthday. Please join me in wishing our Office Manager Angela Happy Birthday. We are so lucky to have her on our team.
Hello Seniors, Families and Friends. As most of you are aware, here at Golden Heart Senior Care, we value our caregivers. In fact, we love to reward them for doing things right. Here is a caregiver DB. DB has been with us for about three years. Her clients love her and so do we. Here you see DB collecting on her rewards for doing a great job. Dee, please enjoy your Visa Gift Cards as much as your clients enjoy having your help. DB, we Heart you at Golden Heart.
March 28 is National Triglycerides Day. While it doesn’t have all of the big fanfare and attention of many other awareness days, understanding what triglycerides are and how they affect your health is an important part of helping your loved one stay in good health as well as yourself. Here are a few important things to know about triglycerides and how home care can help seniors improve overall health.
Triglycerides are fats that come from food. Extra calories that are consumed, as well as alcohol and sugar in the body, turn into triglycerides. The body then stores them in fat cells throughout the body for future use. Triglycerides are a necessary part of the human body but problems begin to arise when a person has too many of them stored up and doesn’t use them.
High triglycerides (hypertriglyceridemia) can put a person at a higher risk of heart and vascular (blood vessel) disease. They can also increase the risk of pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is a painful and severe inflammation of the pancreas and can create a life-threatening health risk.
High triglyceride levels also increase your loved one’s risk of heart and vascular disease, including:
Several health conditions or lifestyle choices can increase the risk of your loved one developing high triglyceride levels.
The good news about triglycerides is that they can be positively affected by making certain lifestyle changes. The bad news is that for many, changing a lifetime of certain habits or familiar patterns can be difficult. The older a person is, it’s often more difficult for them to make changes, so enlisting a support partner or two can be key to making lifestyle changes that make a difference in your loved one’s triglyceride levels.
Home care providers can help make certain changes to your loved one’s home life easier, especially when it comes to what he eats. Your loved one’s doctor may make recommendations for him to adjust his diet to become more heart-healthy by reducing unhealthy fats, increasing fiber, and decreasing the amount of carbohydrates he eats each day. While your loved one may have good intentions to follow the doctor’s orders, he might struggle with how to buy the correct foods at the market and then how to incorporate them into his daily meal plan.
A home care provider can step in and assist with his meals and his purchases to help him succeed. From making the grocery list to driving to the store, finding the right foods, and then bringing them home to prepare, a home care provider can set your loved one up for success from the very beginning.
