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Jun 2018
Caregiver Types Summed Up Caregiver types are identified by former First Lady, Rosalyn Carter as basically past, present, future and in need of. Research backs this up as it finds that millions of Americans, at some point in our lives will need some in-home services, care, and assistance. Caregiver types are typically a spouse, adult ...
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Jun 2018
Caregiver Deal Caregiver Deal means different things to different folks and families. To many it means this is what they do, no questions asked. They take care of their spouse, end of story. For other people they see a Caregiver Deal being shared responsibilities within the family and community. Recently a client’s husband sent me ...
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May 2018
Millennial Caregivers – Be Kind to Your Grandchildren Millennial Caregivers are the next wave of family caregivers to take care of aging Americans. With ten thousand baby Boomers turning 65 daily, the tsunami has begun. The cutoff for Boomers is 1964 so there are many waves to come. Millennial caregivers will be the ones to ...
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Apr 2018
Anticipatory Grief and Caregiving Anticipatory grief is part of caregiving for many people. There are many difficult aspects to being a primary caregiver or have a loved one with a degenerative or incurable disease. One, which may not be recognized or addressed enough, is Anticipatory Grief. We tend to think of grief or grieving only ...
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Mar 2018
Senior Activities in the Community Senior Activities are important as it gets folks out of their home (many live alone) and out doing things with others with similar interests or causes. Here in South Florida, there are many senior activities to choose from, which may not be the case in other areas of the country. ...
Compounding Pharmacies Provide Personalized Dosing Compounding Pharmacies are equipped to get the dosages of prescription medications down to the smallest degree. This means you don’t have to cut pills or tablets into smaller doses, since few of us can get each half or quarter cut in uniform sizes. This is especially true if Arthritis has ...
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Feb 2018
Coping Skills to Manage Stress Coping skills help us deal with the stress of life. It is both a motivator to get things done and a drain on our heart and spirit. We learn coping skills as early as infancy. Babies learn how to get attention or calm themselves? Throughout life we learn ways to manage our ...
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Jan 2018
CEO Brain Function We Need to Exist CEO Brain Function (a.k.a. Executive Brain Function) in humans are extremely advanced. We can use critical thinking, planning or memory in ways that other beings cannot. Our brains also affect mood, behavior and personality, is the repository for language, our visual-spatial orientation as well as where our insight and ...
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Jan 2018
Caregiver Burnout – A Real Health Threat Caregiver Burnout is the term for when a caregiver (usually the spouse or other family member) is tooexhausted and unwell to maintain an acceptable level of caregiving. When meeting in Caregiver Support Groups, it is asked “when will you know that you are burnt out?” The answer is ...
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Dec 2017
Family Visits with Ill Parents Family visits are typical in South Florida during the winter months. Many adult sons and daughters will visit their elder parents at least once a year to enjoy the sunshine. When an older parent has a disease or illness, some preparation from all sides are warranted. When a mother or ...
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