Caregiving Blog: Caring for Aging Parents
Why Caregiving Takes More than Love – How to Keep Your Heart Healthy
The Caring Generation® - Episode 5 August 21, 2019 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert talks about Why Caregiving Takes More than Love. Special guest cardiologist Dr. Melissa Walton-Shirley talks about how to keep your...
Caregiving Blog: Effects of Being a Caregiver
This is a transcript from a radio interview on CUTV News Radio with host, Jim Masters, and caregiving expert, Pamela D. Wilson about the effects of caregiving and being a caregiver on the family The show aired on July 25, 2019. The podcast is available on the media...
Surviving the Emotional Rollercoaster
The Caring Generation® - Episode 4 August 14, 2019 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, talks about caregiving and Surviving the Emotional Roller Coaster. Caregiver anger and caregiver resentment are common feelings when...
Caregiving Blog: Subjects Caregivers Avoid
Subjects Caregivers Avoid This is a transcript from a radio interview on CUTV News Radio with host Doug Llewelyn and Pamela D. Wilson featuring subjects caregivers avoid because of not knowing how to be a caregiver. The program aired on August 1, 2019 and the podcast...
What’s Really Making You Sick?
The Caring Generation® Episode 3 August 7, 2019 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert asks the question, Are You a Helper or a Caregiver? Special guest, Dr. Robert Kellum joins Pamela to answer the question, What's Really...
Caregiving Blog: The Upside of Caring for Aging Parents
While experiencing the effects of caregiving, it can be difficult to see the upside of caring for aging parents. Becoming a caregiver happens because of love and a sense of responsibility. The effects of caregiving can feel like an up and down rollercoaster ride....
Caregiving Blog: What Is the Role of a Caregiver
What is the role of a caregiver? In simple terms, a caregiver is a family member or a paid caregiver who helps a sick, elderly, or disabled person. Another word for a caregiver is a helper. Family members who help aging parents may not be familiar with the term...
Caregiving Blog: What to Do With Stubborn Elderly Parents
What to do with stubborn elderly parents—especially when parents don’t see themselves as being stubborn? Some say being stubborn is a generational trait of elderly parents. Elderly parents have done the same things year after year using the same habits. Why change...
My Parent is So Stubborn
The Caring Generation® - Episode 2 July 31, 2019 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, shares Tips for How to Deal with Stubborn Aging Parents. Special guest Dr. Allison Heide joins Pamela to share her research on this...
Caregiving Blog: Dealing With Getting Older
Dealing with getting older is a worry of many adults. As a caregiver of an aging parent or a spouse who has hands-on experience, dealing with getting older can be a challenge for many reasons. Watching a loved one decline and then feeling powerless to change the...
Caregiving Blog: Caregiver Burnout Plus Compassion Fatigue
Caregiving burnout is experienced by caregivers who become physically exhausted by the tasks, role, and responsibilities of being a caregiver. Behaviors and patterns of loved ones trigger negative reactions by the caregiver that result in emotional exhaustion that I...
Top 10 Caregiving Mistakes
The Caring Generation - Episode 1 July 17, 2019 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D Wilson, caregiving expert shares the Top 10 Caregiving Mistakes plus an interview with Dr. Joy Kong on the subject, The Unknown Truth About Stem Cells. Evidence...
Introducing The Caring Generation Radio Program
The Caring Generation radio program for caregivers and aging adults allows us to talk about caregiving, aging, health and everything in between. The Caring Generation radio program previously aired on 630 KHOW-AM in Denver and will now air on Internet...
Caregiving Blog: Becoming A Caregiver for An Aging Parent
Becoming a caregiver for an aging parent may be a relationship that you accept but may not want. The role of caregiving for aging parents is unexpected. Caregiver responsibilities grow overnight. A previously stable, happy, life becomes fraught with frustration,...
Caregiving Blog: The Two Things Caregivers Fear the Most Result
Fear of making caregiving mistakes paralyzes caregivers. The two things caregivers fear the most have the greatest potential to solve caregiving issues. When caregivers move past insecurity and denial to ask questions and ask for help, caregiving roles and...
Caregiving Blog: Caregiving TV Now on Roku TV
Roku TV featuring Caregiving TV is Pamela D. Wilson’s latest caregiving media venture. Pamela’s goal is to help aging adults and caregivers through Caregiving TV with an ongoing supply of streaming caregiving videos that are updated monthly.Caregiving TV, on Roku TV,...
Caregiving Blog: Caregiver Resources and Help For Caregivers And Aging Adults
Caregiver Resources and Help For Caregivers And Aging AdultsCaregivers and aging adults benefit from caregiver resources, help for caregivers and hope to navigate caregiving situations. By becoming more informed and knowing available caregiver resources and help,...
10 Reasons Why Caring for Aging Parents Can Feel Overwhelming
Caring for aging parents can feel overwhelming. Caregiving is not a job that one applies for – it is a job that happens in the blink of an eye. On the job training can feel like being on a roller coaster with all of the ups and downs especially when caregivers have no...
Caregiving Blog: The Duty to Caregive; How to Manage Caregiver Burnout When You Hate What Caregiving is Doing to Your Life
Caregivers accept the duty to caregive without realizing how quickly life changes. The question of “how to manage caregiver burnout” when you hate what caregiving is doing to your life is commonly asked by caregivers for aging parents, spouses, and other family...
Caregiving Blog: What Assisted Living & Care Communities Don’t Tell Families
Caregiving Blog: What Assisted Living & Care Communities Don't Tell FamiliesPamela D. Wilson, MS, BS/BA, CSA, NCGWhat assisted living and care communities don't tell families is a subject rarely discussed. Assisted living communities and nursing homes...
Caregiving Blog: Power of Attorney & The Caregiving Family Backup Plan
Do you have power of attorney and a family caregiving backup plan? If you are an aging couple, what is the plan when one of you dies? Have your children agreed to be caregivers? Have you made plans for someone else to caregive?Are you a second family, meaning a second...
Caregiving Blog: Better Caregiving Support Delivers Better than Average Care
Better caregiving support delivers better than average care. Caregivers work long hours, caring for their family, caregiving for an aging parent, spouse or another family member. One day runs into the next. Care receivers rely on help from family and others. Many...
Caregiving Blog: 5 Secrets to Achieving Caregiving Bliss
While caregivers would not choose a different path, secrets to achieving caregiving bliss can be elusive. Caregiving and bliss are not words generally associated with each other. Anxiety, frustration, and feelings of overwhelm are the feelings that caregivers express...
Caregiving Blog: Male Caregivers Deny Feeling Stressed & Angry
Male caregivers deny feeling stressed and angry about caregiving responsibilities. Caregiving for a wife, an aging mother, or father is unfamiliar territory and quickly progresses to responsibilities and tasks that have a very personal and human element. Caregiving...
Caregiving Blog: I’m So Tired of Being a Caregiver
“I’m so tired of being a caregiver,” is the emergency call for rescue by a caregiver battling feelings of wanting to give up. By reading this, you might believe that the caregiver is the person who wants to give up. In most situations, the aging parent, spouse, or a...
Caregiving Blog: Caregiving Burnout
Caregiving burnout is a condition associated with the time commitment and types of care provided for an aging parent or loved one. Burnout results from the multiple caregiving roles and responsibilities of family caregivers. Consistent effort is needed to support good...
Caregiving Blog: Caregiver Support For Adult Children With Aging Parents
Participation in caregiver support programs smooths interactions between adult children and aging parents. Positive caregiving relationships influence quality of daily care and overall well-being. As adult children become more involved in caregiving roles for aging...
Caregiving Blog: Roles and Responsibilities
Uncertainty about roles and responsibilities are concerns of family caregivers. These concerns include 1:1 care, emotional and social support, and care monitoring, coordination, and advocacy. Physical stress, worry, and emotional overwhelm are shared caregiver...
Caregiving Blog: Chronic Disease Risks and Making Good Choices
Pamela D. Wilson, MS, BS/BA, CSA, NCG, CGThe prevalence of chronic disease in the United States is skyrocketing. Diagnosis occur with little or no explanation by physicians of the long-term effects of the disease. Aging adults—of all ages—refuse to act on physician...
Caregiving Blog: Older Adult Hip Fractures, Death Rates, and Home Safety Tips
Pamela D. Wilson, MS, BS/BA, CSA, NCGHip fractures result in high death rates for older adults age 65+ and accelerated death rates for older adults diagnosed with dementia. The level of physical condition, ability to complete activities of daily living, and time to...
Caregiving Blog: 10 Tips to Manage In Home Caregivers
Skills to manage in home caregivers are necessary when considering hiring in home caregiving support for an older adult. Assuming that caregivers are trained or experienced is an inaccurate belief. Few in home caregivers are trained or have extensive experience....
Caregiving Blog: Aging Adults Get the Results You Want From a 15-Minute Medical Appointment
Getting Results from a 15-Minute Medical Appointment Can Be ChallengingAging adults find it difficult to get results from a 15-minute medical appointment. The time limitation makes it difficult to thoroughly discuss health concerns. After age 50, the likelihood of...
Caregiving Blog: Activities of Daily Living Signs of Decline in Aging Adults
A decline in the ability to complete activities of daily living is a sign that an aging adult may benefit from assistance to support well-being and safety. Activities of daily living are tasks that most of us complete each day with ease. For example, eating or...
Caregiving Blog: 10 Tips for Responding Positively to Unexpected Caregiving Changes
Caregiving responsibilities change daily. Having strategies to respond positively to unexpected changes is important to maintain balance and perspective. Changes occur in the care for aging parents or a spouse and also for the caregiver. The change may be a change in...
Caregiving Blog: 6 Tips to Initiating Caregiving Discussions With Aging Parents
Initiating caregiving discussions with aging parents can be challenging. As an adult child, you may have attempted and failed. It's time to try again with these proven tips. Initiating ongoing discussions about needed care and related concerns supports positive...
Caregiving Blog: Estate Planning and The Responsibility of Being Named Medical Power of Attorney
A friend or aging family member completed their estate planning documents. You agreed to be named medical power of attorney. Do you understand the magnitude and extent of the responsibility of the role of medical power of attorney? Are you prepared to show up at the...
Caregiving Blog: Participation in Social Groups Delays Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Decline
Participation in social groups has the potential to delay cognitive decline and a diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease. Older adults who are isolated because of choice or physical disability are more susceptible to depression, cognitive decline, and...
Caregiving Blog: 5 Tips For Caring for Aging Parents and Avoiding Family Conflict
Family conflict occurs in many family caregiving situations when aging parents begin to need assistance. Disagreement occurs about which child should provide care. Which child has the most free time. Aging parents resist the idea of adult children managing their...
Caregiving Blog: 10 Tips for Seniors to Create a Positive Attitude Toward Aging and Health
When asked how old they feel specific to health and aging, many senior citizens report a number lower than their actual age. This self report confirms a positive attitude and belief that good health can delay the negative effects of old age. Other seniors...
Caregiving Blog: Patient Neglect
Pamela D. Wilson, MS, BS/BA, NCGPatient neglect is becoming a more frequent occurrence among care providers. Admittedly not all patient neglect is intentional. The results of patient neglect are tragic for patients and for family members experiencing emotional upset...
Caregiving: Does Anyone Care?
Caregiving: Care Planning To Address the Abby Normal
Caregiving and daily life routines that result in the development of a care plan may prove to be a fascinating subject when caring for elderly parents. How many of us are in a routine that seems normal but when viewed from the outside may be considered abnormal or at...
Caregiving: Managing Family Caregiver Dysfunction
Family caregiver dysfunction is created and complicated by early life family relationships. Sometimes, the complication results from the care recipient who denies that care may be needed. Other times, the complication results from adult children who don't see eye to...
Dementia Patients Dumped from Hospital Emergency Rooms
Hospital dumping of dementia patients is the new normal. Twice in the past 30 days I have had two clients sent to the emergency room for delusional and unsafe behavior. Both individuals had a diagnosis of dementia. Both times a medication review was requested because...
The Corporate Conundrum: The Unexpected Effects of Chronic Disease and Family Caregiving
Achieving a work-life balance is challenging for many individuals depending on life-stage: some employees may be raising children, others experiencing health issues of their own, some supporting adult children with the care of grandchildren, or caring for aging...
Caregiving, Family, and The Holidays
Caregiving, family, and the holidays; all emotional words depending on one's perception of combining all three together. For some caregiving is an emotionally draining act. For others being with family during the holidays (or any time during the year) stirs up the...
What happens when the caregiver is diagnosed with cancer?
By Pamela D. Wilson, CSA, MS, BS/BA, CG Caregiving is more often than not an unexpected event. Many caregivers have a daily routine caring for a loved one. Some caregivers continue working; some stay at home to caregive. Most important is the...
Caregiver Burden: Back to Caregiving Mondays
Caregiver burden represents the emotional, physical, and financial aspects and responsibilities of providing care and support for an ailing family member. This is a subject rarely discussed because most caregivers would be embarrassed to show...
Pamela D. Wilson, The Care Navigator, Presents at Denver Senior Law Day
October 15, 2015, Lakewood, Colorado Death changes everything. Some view Pamela D. Wilson’s life as tragic—she lost two siblings, her mother and father, and nearly all aunts, uncles, and grandparents by the time she turned 38. As a long-time...
Memory Loss and the Benefits of Care Communities
Caregivers, care recipients, and persons with an interest in aging attended the Amazing Aging Expo in Denver, Colorado today. Anthem Memory Care, was a specialty sponsor of the expo. Shannon Stewart Ingram, VP Sales and Marketing, organized and led a group of...
