Five Gifts Caregivers Should Give Themselves Caregiver survival starts with what I call the Golden Rule of Caregiving: “Do something for yourself so that you are able to do something for another!” Translated, if you take care of yourself, you will be better able to take care of someone else…and the opposite will hold true [...]
Dealing with the Emotions of the Family Caregiver Expecting to care for your elderly loved ones without hitting bumps in the road is unrealistic and even the most patient and angelic of us will at some time find that we are having to deal with personal anger issues. In the extreme case this results in [...]
Family Caregivers Can Find Relief from Stress If you’re like a lot of family caregivers you might be feeling stressed, overworked, overscheduled, exhausted and lonely. You might feel like you’re all alone, doing a job that’s just too big, with no one cheering you on. You’re probably getting a lot of second-guessing but not much [...]
Are You Setting the Bar Too High in Your Sandwich Generation Life? No one is perfect… that’s why pencils have erasers. ~Author Unknown Do you feel that whenever you accomplish something for your kids and/or senior parents that it isn’t quite good enough? Are you so over scheduled with your kids’ and parents’ responsibilities that [...]
Burnout and lack of support can lead to elder abuse Recently, a news headline focused the public’s attention to the distressing case of a Toronto man being accused of keeping his elderly mother in an unheated garage. The report had many groups calling for action – saying it’s time for elder abuse to be given [...]
Care Giving Secrets – Ways to Encourage Clients and Prevent Caregiver Burnout “The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” ~Albert Einstein The Heart of Caregiving is basically, part of the important discipline of nursing; caring in a loving and professional way. The principles [...]
Stressors You Might Experience When Caring For the Elderly There are many reasons why family members are looking after their own family instead of putting them into a Nursing Home. Yet if you speak to carers you will soon realise that there are many days when the work load is too hard and the support [...]
