What Should You Know as a Caregiver from the Start?
Family Caregivers If you’re new to being a family caregiver, that feeling that you don’t even know what you don’t know can be overwhelming. What you might need to do is to sit down and ask yourself about some of these topics. They can...
How Can Home Care Assistance Help You With Self-Care?
Family Caregivers It’s estimated that there are 53 million unpaid caregivers in the U.S. helping an older adult. Of those, 89% are helping an older relative. More than half of the unpaid caregivers in the nation are helping an...
Make “Let It Go” Your New Motto
Family Caregivers What do you do each day? You’re probably up and at your parents’ house before they get up. You have breakfast started so that you’re ready to help them with showers and grooming. After they eat and...
What Is Long-distance Caregiving?
Long-Distance Caregiving You might worry that if you and your senior live in different areas that you won’t be able to be there for her in the ways that she might need. But as her long-distance caregiver, you may be able to offer so much more...