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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...
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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...
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Introducing The Caring Generation Radio Program
The Caring Generation radio program for caregivers and aging adults returns to Internet radio on Wednesday, July 17th, 2019. The Caring Generation radio program previously aired on 630 KHOW-AM in Denver and will now air on Internet radio on the Bold Brave...
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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,...
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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...
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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,...
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...
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