Employment/Work/Life/Balance

Adult children who are caregivers wonder how to survive caregiving for aging parents. Adult children who are raising their own families, who are working full time, and who are caregiving for aging parents feel overwhelmed because they don’t know how to keep it all together without falling apa...

The effect of chronic disease on family caregiving relationships can be is significant. Chronic disease affects elderly parents and the caregivers who provide care. Achieving a work-life balance is challenging for many individuals who may be supporting family members with health issues. In some...

Interview with Dr. Steven Smith, Physician, Florida Keys (podcast 7:40 playing time) Click the Play button below to listen: ...

  Women caregivers are more likely to live in poverty in their retirement years after raising children and caring for elderly parents and a spouse. At the time women need care, there may be no available children to help and no family money remaining to pay for care. A study shows that among th...

Naive caregivers often make poor choices to “opt out” of the workforce. Realize the consequences of your actions before you make a choice that will negatively affect your future. ...

 What would you do if your loved one became ill, was no longer able to provide care for him or herself and you felt you were the only one who could care for them? Helping a loved one who needs twenty-four hour care at home verses the idea (and even the benefit) of moving the individual to a ca...

How many of us work, work, work with little free time or we work and have no interests that really inspire our hearts.  If you could make a significant difference in the life of an older adult by giving one or two hours a week of your time, would this interest you? There are many older adul...