Category: Caregivers

Taking on a caregiver role on top of your other responsibilities can create an environment of stress and conflict. When you become a caregiver, it’s critical to make it as simple as possible for yourself and your loved one so that you can reduce caregiver stress and manage your day-to-day workload efficiently. If you can Read More

Caregiving can lead to intense emotions. One of the emotions that I’ve seen lead to the most problems is caregiver anger. That’s because it’s easy to feel like you have no options when you’re caring for an aging parent or loved one. You can feel trapped. It can feel like a thankless job. All of Read More

Focusing on your sleep is one of the best health moves you can make as a caregiver. Being a caregiver is one of the most stressful things that you can experience—the effect that this stress can have on a person is so bad that it earned its own name. Caregiver burnout, the thing that all Read More

One of the best ways to cope with the challenges of being a caregiver is to join a support group so you can learn and ask questions about problems you’re having. It’s not always possible, though, for caregivers who are raising a family, working a job, and caring for a loved one. Fortunately, technology has Read More

Every family caregiver knows how isolating and challenging caring for a loved one can be. But you don’t have to go it alone. Here are five organizations that every family caregiver should know. Family Caregiver Alliance Who are they? The Family Caregiver Alliance focuses on promoting and supporting caregiver needs. Founded in 1977, the FCA Read More