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Caregivers and Providing Care
Being a caregiver for a senior loved one is an important role to play in the older adult’s life. Caregiving involves helping a senior meet their physical, emotional, and social needs as they navigate the challenges of aging. It can require a person to perform a wide range of tasks, from helping with activities of daily living or meal preparation to managing medications and arranging medical appointments to ensuring safety in the home environment.
While important and fulfilling, caregiving can also be overwhelming, physically demanding, and emotionally taxing. Caring for a senior loved one also requires the caregiver to take care of themselves to prevent burnout and continue to help their senior loved one. Here, we offer resources on caring for a senior loved one to help caregivers help themselves and their older adult loved ones.
Caregiver Support When Your Parent Lives in Senior Care
You may expect that when your parent moves into a senior care community, your caregiving role and stress will significantly decrease. Yet many caregivers are caught by surprise when the phone calls, appointments, errands, and emotional weight continue. You may continue to feel overwhelmed and burned out. By knowing where to turn for caregiver support, […]
7 Tips for the Best Home Health Care Experience
Home health care is typically recommended for seniors who are leaving the hospital or another acute care setting after a procedure, surgery, or other health situation to help them recover. Whether the hospital stay was planned or not, it’s common for the patient’s family members to feel uncertain or anxious about the patient’s return home. […]
Care Options When Your Aging Parent Lives Alone and Needs Help
Recognizing that your aging parent can no longer manage alone can feel overwhelming and scary. Gaining awareness of your parent’s needs and how well they’re managing on their own can give you the clarity to make choices with confidence. This guide will walk you through common challenges aging parents face when living alone and outline […]
Signs That Your Aging Parent Needs More Help Than You Can Give
Caring for an aging parent is a journey filled with challenges, rewards, and continual ebbs and flows as your parent’s needs change. Recognizing these changes and assessing your capacity to support your parent are necessary components of caregiving. This article explores key physical, cognitive, and emotional changes in your parent, as well as your capacity […]
When Home Care Is No Longer Enough: Talking to Your Parent and Exploring Options
It can be difficult to face the reality that home care may no longer be enough help for your aging parent. You may find yourself grappling with questions about the next steps and how to proceed. This guide will help you recognize the signs, navigate talking to your parent, and explore next steps for ensuring […]
What To Do After a Dementia Diagnosis: Steps To Take and Planning Considerations
When you or a loved one receives a diagnosis of dementia, you might feel anxious, sad, angry, or overwhelmed. You might also feel relieved, finally having a diagnosis that explains the behaviors or challenges you’ve seen. While there are 10 million new cases of dementia diagnosed worldwide each year, you can still feel isolated as […]
Welcome Kit Ideas for Seniors Moving to Senior Living
Moving to a senior living community is a significant change that can feel scary, overwhelming, and lonely. Your loved one may feel disconnected from their life and family in new and unfamiliar surroundings. By creating a welcome kit tailored to their needs, likes, and level of care, you can help them connect to their new […]
Practical Tips for Moving Your Parent to Senior Care
Moving an aging parent into a senior living community, like assisted living, a nursing home, or a memory care facility, can be both emotionally and logistically challenging. A planned and prepared move can decrease the stress that everyone experiences and allow for a more positive transition. This article offers actionable tips for moving your parent […]
How To Involve Your Loved One in Moving to Assisted Living
If you’ve noticed that your aging loved one could use a little extra help in order to stay healthy, you may feel anxious about bringing up assisted living and unsure of how they will feel about it. In many cases, though, a senior who is struggling at home alone will likely understand that a little […]
What To Do When Your Elderly Parent Refuses Help at Home
At a certain point, many older adults require the help of others to continue living at home safely, and turning to home care services can be a logical solution. However, some seniors may be resistant to the idea. When your elderly parent refuses help at home, it can become a stressful and delicate challenge for […]