by Lynette | Mar 31, 2025 | Family Caregiving
As a family caregiver, your role is essential to your loved one’s well-being. But what happens if you get sick, injured, or face an emergency? Even if your relative is primarily taken care of by someone else, there’s also a chance that person may be...
by Lynette | Mar 24, 2025 | Family Caregiving
Does caring for a loved one stir up some unwanted emotions for you? You’re not alone. While frustration may feel shameful to admit, it’s a common challenge in family caregiving. Think of frustration as the froth from deeper feelings brewing inside, such as...
by Lynette | Mar 17, 2025 | Family Caregiving
Misdiagnosis happens more often than you think, and it occurs more frequently for older adults than for others. There are myriad reasons why: Symptoms of many health concerns mimic or overlap those of other conditions, and older adults typically have multiple health...
by Lynette | Mar 10, 2025 | Family Caregiving
Home management of a chronic illness often requires the use of needles or lances. You may need to give your family member shots. Or draw drops of blood for testing. All these procedures involve the use of what are known as “sharps.” Needles, infusion sets,...
by Lynette | Mar 3, 2025 | Family Caregiving
If your loved one has Alzheimer’s or another dementia, you may wonder what you can do to keep their life lively and boredom at bay. There are likely more options than you realize! The first step is to reflect on your relative’s history and hobbies....
by Lynette | Feb 24, 2025 | Family Caregiving
Heart attacks don’t always look like what you’d expect. While you might imagine a person collapsing with intense chest pain, that may not at all resemble what happens. It is true that the most common heart attack symptom for a man or woman is chest...
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