Tips for Reducing 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. Here are some tips from Senior Advice to help cope...
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HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL LONG-DISTANCE CAREGIVER
The Challenges of Being a Long-Distance Caregiver (from Sixty and Me) I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Amy Goyer, family caregiver expert for AARP, as part of our virtual Caregiver Smile Summit. We spoke about long-distance caregiving and being a long distance caregiver. Amy has been a caregiver for...
4 WAYS TO BECOME A BETTER CARE PARTNER
FROM CRISIS TO COMFORT: 4 WAYS TO BECOME A BETTER CARE PARTNER Most care partners are thrust into their duties through a crisis situation: a sudden diagnosis; a slip or fall. I was one of those, thrust into a situation after my sister passed. Often, we become task-obsessed and goal-oriented....
Young Caregivers – Charlotte Today – April 5, 2018
Young Caregivers – A Startling Amount of Kids are Taking Care of Adults This may surprise you but about 1.4 million children between ages 8 and 18 are caregivers nationwide. Most often, the family member is a parent or grandparent, with a condition such as Alzheimer’s disease or dementia; heart,...
The Benefits of Grateful Living
Why It is Important to Be Grateful (from Sixty and Me) Kristi Nelson is the executive director of a Network for Grateful Living. I was particularly interested in the topic of gratitude because – of all the traits I observe in older adults living a quality life – that one consistently...
Downsizing – What to Do with Our Parent’s Stuff
#DOWNSIZING STUFF IT! HOW TO SENSIBLY DEAL WITH OUR PARENTS’ POSSESSIONS AS WE AGE As Baby Boomers grow older and start moving to smaller dwellings, their children are faced with a dilemma – parents’ possessions. Furniture, keepsakes and heirlooms that parents want to pass on are often not wanted by the...
Ninety-Two Percent of Caregivers Are Financial Caregivers
Ninety-Two Percent of Caregivers Are Financial Caregivers – Coordinating and Managing Finances for Loved Ones, and Spending $190 Billion on Them Annually A Merrill Lynch study, conducted in partnership with Age Wave, finds that the 40 million1 family caregivers in the U.S. spend $190 billion per year on their adult...
FINDING PURPOSE IN YOUR LIFE AFTER CAREGIVING IS OVER
FINDING PURPOSE IN YOUR LIFE AFTER CAREGIVING IS OVER Being a family caregiver can be both a full-time job and life’s sole purpose during its duration. One thing is certain, though: The cycle of life continues, and loved ones die. What then? How do you cope with the void? How...
4 YEARS, 5 DEATHS AND 4 POWERFUL CAREGIVER LESSONS
4 YEARS, 5 DEATHS AND 4 POWERFUL CAREGIVER LESSONS (These caregiver lessons are reposted from my Sixty and Me article.) I’ve decided to just come out and say it. The last four years of our lives have sucked! ‘Our,’ as in my wife, Kathy, and I. Here is a rundown...
What to Do with Mom and Dad’s Stuff – Charlotte Today
What to Do with Mom and Dad’s Stuff – from Charlotte Today As baby boomers grow older and start moving to smaller dwellings, children are faced with a dilemma – their parents’ possessions. Furniture, keepsakes and heirlooms that our parents want to pass on are often not wanted by the...