Category: Caregivers

All of the responsibilities that come with being a caregiver can start to weigh you down after a while. If you don’t have support – through in home care from a care specialist or from family – you’ve got to carry all that weight by yourself, which can lead to caregiver burnout. You should be Read More

We’ve all heard it before—if you’re not getting eight hours of sleep, then you’re not getting enough. Unfortunately, sometimes our bodies don’t cooperate. According to the National Center for Sleep Disorders, as much as 15 percent of Americans suffer from insomnia. As a caregiver to an elderly loved one, you’ve probably experienced insomnia a few Read More

The devastating story that unfolded over a 12-hour period on Wednesday at The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills is a tragedy that has impacted eight families. According to the Sun-Sentinel, in the days following Hurricane Irma, eight elderly patients died after nursing home administrators failed to properly notify authorities of a potential crisis—rising temperatures occurring over Read More

When you’re a caregiver, every second counts. There are appointments to keep, meals to cook, medications to administer—all critical to the health of our loved one. But when there is so much to do and so little time to do it all, when we count and divide our seconds of the day as if they Read More