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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...
read moreCaregiving 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,...
read moreCaregiving 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,...
read more10 Reasons Why Caring for Aging Parents Can Feel Overwhelming
Caring for Aging Parents Can Feel OverwhelmingCaring 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...
read moreCaregiving 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...
read moreCaregiving 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...
read moreCaregiving 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...
read moreCaregiving 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...
read moreCaregiving 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...
read moreCaregiving 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...
read moreCaregiving 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...
read moreCaregiving 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...
read moreCaregiving 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...
read moreCaregiving 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...
read moreCaregiving 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...
read moreCaregiving 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...
read moreCaregiving 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....
read moreCaregiving 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...
read moreCaregiving 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...
read moreCaregiving 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...
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