5 Reasons Why You Should Understand Caregiver Stress – Smilecast 87

5 Reasons Why You Should Understand Caregiver Stress

Caregiver stress – a topic often left unspoken, particularly with the emotions involved. Most especially for family caregivers, with guilt and confusion settling in when the line of duty and personal time seems to blur.

As such, identifying several reasons on why and what stress is will help create an awareness that’ll not only lighten the burden that caregivers have, but give a clearer understanding for recipients on how they can contribute to better family caregiving support as well.

John Mills is participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit

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John Mills is participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit

John is participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit.

John and his wife, Susan Baida, founded eCareDiary in 2011 to provide tools, content and services for family caregivers. eCareDiary’s cloud-based service allows caregivers to manage day to day health needs by tracking appointments and medications, organizing medical records, providing reminders, and inviting others to help with caregiving tasks. The company also has a content library of 2,500 articles, podcasts, videos and expert Q&As. eCareDiary works with health plans, employers, EAPs and disability insurers.

His topic is: How Technology Can Help Family Caregivers

Find out more about the Caregiver Smile Summitwww.caregiversummit.org 

Bad Diets Causing Death; Fewer Overweight Trying to Exercise – Smilecast 86

Dietary Factors Associated with Substantial Proportion of Deaths from Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes.
Fewer Overweight Adults Report Trying to Lose Weight.

Nearly half of all deaths due to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes in the U.S. in 2012 were associated with sub-optimal dietary habits and being overweight, according to a study appearing in JAMA.

Renata Micha, R.D., Ph.D., of the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Boston, and colleagues examined mortality due to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes in 2012 and the consumption of 10 foods/nutrients associated with cardiometabolic diseases: fruits, vegetables, nuts/seeds, whole grains, unprocessed red meats, processed meats, sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), polyunsaturated fats, seafood omega-3 fats, and sodium.

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