Caregiving
What We Can All Learn About Living in the Precious Present – Reprinted from HuffPost50
Fuller Lives When We Are Fully in the Precious Present My good friend Sandy Halperin, who has early onset Alzheimer’s was recently honored along with Sanjay Gupta, M.D. with the 2016 Proxmire Award, which recognizes national figures who have “demonstrated leadership and positively impacted public awareness around Alzheimer’s disease and...
10 Easy Steps to Coordinate Aging Parent Care
Tip on Your Caregiving Journey – thanks to Carol Marak at Seniorcare.com It takes a village to care for an older adult especially if one lives with several chronic conditions. Experts in caregiving recommend to family caregivers to start planning early, long before a parent or older relative needs assistance,...
Help For Family Caregivers – Moving the Talk to Action
Help For Family Caregivers – Moving the Talk to Action Here is another link to an article we have on Senior Care at Verywell.com. Moving the talk to action for family caregivers needs a shove. Find out more here.
Can Social Support by Family and Friends Have Negative Impact on Loved Ones? YES-Video
Can Social Support by Family and Friends Have Negative Impact on Loved Ones? YES
Can Social Support by Family and Friends Have Negative Impact on Loved Ones? YES
Can Social Support by Family and Friends Have Negative Impact on Loved Ones? YES A recent study conducted by Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) researchers suggests that social support from family and friends does not have an entirely positive effect on mental health but is instead a ‘mixed blessing’. While some...
Caregivers Likely to Experience Emotional, Physical, Financial Difficulties
Caregivers Likely to Experience Emotional, Physical, Financial Difficulties Being a caregiver for an older adult isn’t easy. A new study suggests that family and unpaid caregivers who provide substantial help with health care were more likely to miss out on valued activities, have a loss of work productivity and experience...
Important Survey – Please Help Us Build an Online Community of Support for Caregivers
The Aging Experience is looking to develop an online, secure, caregiving community that will give family caregivers access to valuable products and services, all in one place and intuitive to navigate. We’d like your opinion on things we are considering. Take the survey here – https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VX7KJBS
Why Millennials are the Newest Caregivers
Why Millennials are the Newest Caregivers
People Who Fill Out Advance Directives More Likely to Seek Interventions
A new study finds that nearly a third of people who fill out advance health care directives — a person’s wishes for end-of-life care — request medical interventions. The research from DePaul University – “Assessing Advance Care Planning: Examining Autonomous Selections in an Advance Directive,” – was published in the...