Tips for Surviving the Holidays
Being a caregiver is stressful enough. Then come the holidays…how can you manage to get everything d...
Attention, Caregivers! It Really is Ok to Ask for Help
Caregiving is no ordinary task. Every caregiver who’s been on the job even just a short time would p...
Proper Hygiene Goes a Long Way to Promote Health and Prevent Diseases
Proper hygiene and cleanliness are basic requirements for good health. Even as kids, we were taught ...
The Emotional Roller Coaster of Caregiving
Whether you are a caregiver caring for a loved one, or someone working in a home health or facility,...
A Healthy Caregiver-Patient Relationship is a Win-Win Situation
Caregiving is a lot of work. Caregivers often feel overwhelmed with loads of tasks, and it’s easy to...
Throw Away Your Excuses: Meditation is Good for You
While caregiving has its rewards and special moments, it can also be a source of stress and anxiety....
When Caregivers Become Their Patient’s Eyes: Caring for the Visually Impaired
Visual impairment can perhaps be one of the most challenging physical disabilities a person could ha...
How to Speak with a Patient’s Family: Tips for the Home Health Aide
As a home health aide (HHA), your primary workplace is the patient’s home, where you’ll likely be in...
Chasing Precious Sleep: Helpful Tips for Caregivers
Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. - Thomas Dekker...
Late-Stage Caregiving: Caring for Patients with Pain
When patients are in the late stage or terminal phase of a disease, they experience many difficultie...
Cheat Sheet for Caregivers Who Help with IADLs
ADLs, or activities of daily living, are necessary procedures for self-care, such as bathing, dressi...
A Family Caregiver’s Guide to Transitioning Their Loved One from Home to a Facility
Being a family caregiver is a work of extreme dedication and sacrifice, and deciding to pass on your...
Keep Your Eyes Peeled for Signs of Infection to Save a Life
Infection in patients is a serious problem, especially if they get it while receiving medical care. ...
10 Valuable Life Lessons from Caregiving
Caregiving is an epic journey, not because of its all inspiring stories, but because its ups and dow...
Death and Dying: A Caregiver’s Good-bye
Death and dying are a part of human life. But those who provide care just see it more often. As a fa...
How to Find Motivation When You’re Struggling
Being a caregiver is a rewarding job, but ask anyone who’s been there and they'll probably tell you ...
Depression in Caregivers: Gloomy Days that Won’t Go Away
Whether you are a family caregiver or a paid health aide, caring for patients can sometimes pull you...
What You Need to Know About “Elder Orphans” and Their Care
More and more adults are aging alone with multiple chronic diseases and live far away from relatives...
How a Sense of Purpose Improves Patient Health
A sense of purpose triggers survival instincts in human beings. It’s why you wake up every morning w...
Being a Good Patient Advocate for Your Loved One Can Save Their Life
Mary is a 65-year old diabetic patient. She has visible wounds on her feet that are healing very slo...
The Emotional Roller Coaster of Caregiving and the Eight R’s You Need to Overcome
Caregiving is not for the faint of heart, because of the extraordinary challenges that come with the...
Caregiver Lessons: Behavior Changes in Clients and What They Could Mean
While on the job, caregivers will care for clients with many different health conditions, and as car...
Helping a Patient Who is Receiving Radiation Therapy
Cancer is a major healthcare problem in the US. With more than 1.8 million new estimated cases in 20...
Seven Genius Ways to Be a Team Player
Is teamwork in healthcare overrated? We often hear about the importance of teamwork during shift hud...
The Whys and How-tos of Promoting Independence in the Patient
By nature, we value our independence as human beings, whether as an individual or as a country. We f...
A Peek Into the World of a Client with Aphasia
Our language is one of the biggest reasons why humans are special. Without language, the world would...
Self-Reflection Leaves No Blind Spots for the Future
“People who have had little self-reflection live life in a huge reality blind spot.” Bryant McGill...
Common “Scents”...Tips for Dealing with Odors
One of the biggest challenges for any caregiver is learning how to deal with unpleasant odors. No m...
Leisure and Recreational Activities That Older People Will Love
Older people sometimes find themselves having little or nothing to do but care for themselves, wheth...
Boosting a Patient's Self-Esteem to Help Them Heal
Being sick, weak, or disabled evokes many different thoughts and emotions from patients. It's truly ...
4 Meaningful and Creative Ways to Promote a Patient’s Wellbeing
Caregivers are often their patient’s lifeline, performing what the patient cannot do on their own. ...
A Caregiver’s Guide to Recognizing Wandering and Sundowning in a Dementia Patient
Caregivers may find themselves caring for a patient with dementia or Alzheimer's disease in the leng...
What to Do if Your Older Client is Bored
They say “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” How true do you think that is? Could boredom ...
Meditation as a Stress Reliever for Caregivers—Does It Really Work?
Stress and burnout are unpleasant to deal with as caregivers, but it’s common knowledge that they co...
Odor Control: 12 Practical Tips and Why It’s Important
Did you know that the human nose can detect about a trillion different kinds of smells? And that our...
6 Key Life Lessons from Senior Care
One of the things that make caregiving a rewarding job is the promise of a rich experience. The less...
Winter is Coming: Help Your Elderly Clients and Loved Ones Stay Warm
“Winter is coming.” This phrase has been popularized by the TV series Game of Thrones, and it warns ...
Working While Pregnant: The Dos and Don’ts for Expectant Caregivers
Caregivers are some of the most resilient and hardworking employees there are in the healthcare indu...
Telltale Signs that Patients Are Skipping their Medications
At present, there is a health problem so big, yet that remains unnoticed to many—nonadherence to pre...
Unexpected Ways Caregiving Can Change Your Life
Caregiving is not all challenges and backaches. If you are thinking of becoming a caregiver or have ...
Top Caregiver Issues and Concerns
Caregivers play a significant role in healthcare. The way they care for others as well as themselves...
Understanding the Effects of Chemotherapy
Cancer is a terrifying ordeal for any patient, especially if they undergo the primary treatment, che...
Journaling for Caregivers: More Than Just a Hobby
A caregiver’s day is never dull. If anything, it is full of surprises, challenges, and life lessons....
The Unwritten and Unlikely Roles of Caregivers
A caregiver is a lot of things to a patient and the patient’s family. A big part of their duties is ...
Traits of a Caregiving Champ
Caregiving is a special calling. It is more than providing assistance to a patient and goes beyond h...
Compassionate Care: Caring is Different than Doing
A caregiver's day is riddled with overwhelming tasks, and it’s easy to get engrossed in your to-do l...
How to Be One Step Ahead at Preventing Falls
One in every four older Americans fall each year. Because of falls, one older adult dies every 19 mi...
Alzheimer’s Disease: What the Facts Mean to the Caregiver
Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that causes difficulties with memory, thinking, problem-so...
Goal Setting with Patients is Highly Beneficial
It's important to set your own goals and work hard to achieve them. – Yuichiro Miura...
Telltale Signs that Patients Are Skipping their Medications
At present, there is a health problem so big, yet that remains unnoticed to many—nonadherence to pre...
Heroes Without Superpowers – Proper Body Mechanics Save the Day
Caregivers do a lot in a day. By “a lot,” we mean muscle work from the beginning of the shift to the...
Rule Your Day: Great ADL Tips for Caregivers
Caregiving will not be complete without assisting the patient in performing activities of daily livi...
Are You a New Caregiver? Here Are Five Helpful Things!
Every day, someone is called to serve as a caregiver. According to AARP, about 43.5 million people w...
Alzheimer's: A Glimpse into the Communication Challenges and Some Practical Ways to Connect
No amount of words can describe the feeling of living with someone who has Alzheimer’s disease. Ther...
Fast Facts and Telltale Signs of Abuse in Elderly Patients
The World Health Organization defines elder abuse as an act that causes harm or distress to an older...
How to Tackle Unfamiliar Tasks While Caregiving
If you’re a caregiver and need to perform an unfamiliar task, what would you do? ...
Detecting Elder Abuse—Even the Unlikely Signs
Elder abuse is more common than you think. This is because anyone who interacts with older people ca...
How Challenges in Caregiving Make You Grow
Challenges are part of everyday life. For caregivers, the problems they face are different than ordi...
How to Handle Criticism Like a Pro
No matter how badly you want your tasks done perfectly or how proud you are of your work as a caregi...
How Caregiving Skills Translate to Parenting Skills
Caregivers are important assets to the healthcare industry. They toil endlessly to make patients as ...
Social Isolation is a Silent Patient Killer: Don’t Ignore It!
What is social isolation and why is it a big problem for patients?...
How and Where to Look for Support as a Caregiver
Caregiving is a tough job. And although you wish you were superhuman for your patients, there are li...
Throw Away Your Excuses: Meditation is Good for You
While caregiving has its rewards and special moments, it can also be a source of stress and anxiety....
Keeping Yourself Well During Cold and Flu Season
Staying healthy during the cold and flu season is important for several reasons. You want to avoid b...
Find a Hobby and Love Yourself While Caregiving
Is caregiving making you tired, burned out, and cranky? Don’t allow yourself to reach this point. Ho...
Are Your Parents Keeping Secrets?
Your elderly parent is still living in her own home and caring for herself. You’re happy that she ...
How Do You Score as a Caregiver? 15 Points for Self-Reflection
Caregivers’ struggles are real. And there isn’t a workday without certain challenges in patient care...
Can Positive Psychology Help Caregivers? YES!
Coping with the stress of caregiving can feel impossible at times. What if you had a way to get thro...
Zika Virus: FAQs
Suddenly Zika virus is making big headlines and all healthcare providers should pay attention. This ...
To Tell or Not to Tell: A Caregiver’s Dilemma
Caregivers spend a significant amount of time with clients, and they can easily earn their trust. Fr...
How to Maintain Healthy Relationships with Patients’ Families
Families move their loved ones to care facilities and homes for one reason: peace of mind knowing th...
Knowing When an Older Client Needs to Give Up Their Car Keys
One of the most difficult things to give up is our independence. For the elderly who have been drivi...
When and Why You Need Respite Care as a Caregiver
There are about 44 million Americans who perform caregiving duties for older people and persons with...
Bracing Yourself When Your Patient Turns Violent
Have you ever enjoyed an action-packed movie where a patient becomes violent and attacks healthcare ...
How to Handle Conflicts Between the Patient and Their Family
Caregivers face a lot of stress every day. One of the most daunting of all challenges is being caugh...
What to do When Your Patient Keeps Saying No
Being in healthcare means dealing with all kinds of patients. Some patients make a caregiver's work ...
Common Patient Concerns That You Need to Be Aware Of
People seek medical attention because they want their health issues addressed. But as they go throug...
7+ Scientific Reasons Why Caregivers Should Play Their Patient’s Favorite Music
“Music As Medicine” is a compelling article in the American Psychological Association magazine, Moni...
The Dos and Don’ts of Caring for Patients with Hallucinations, Delusions, and Paranoia
Caregivers get to work with a lot of patients with varying needs, and the challenge is to meet their...
Winter is Coming: Help Your Elderly Clients and Loved Ones Stay Warm
“Winter is coming.” This phrase has been popularized by the TV series Game of Thrones, and it warns ...
Staying in the Safe Zone by Setting Boundaries
Being a caregiver can be a very rich work experience. As you care for patients, you also build healt...
Caregiving for the Independent “Old Old” Patient
It’s no secret that people are living longer. A baby born today can expect to live until ninety. Peo...
Family Life and Caregiving: Achieving Balance
Ella has been working as a caregiver for almost eight years. She started when her eldest child was b...
Pregnancy and Caregiving: How to Survive the Tricky Combination
For a woman to create, grow, and give birth to another life is rather remarkable. The journey is ful...
Relaxation Techniques: A Caregiver’s Act of Kindness
It is basic human nature to fight stress because too many difficulties in a person's life can easily...
Attention to Detail: The Path to Quality Care
There are many qualities a caregiver should have and one of the most important is the ability to pay...
Breathing Fire: Dealing with Anger as a Caregiver
During your caregiving career, have you ever wished you could turn off your emotional reactions to e...
Caregivers Have Rights, Too
Every caregiver knows this: Sometimes you have to be the bad guy. Depending on the day, you’re the o...
The Unique Challenges Faced by Caregivers of Patients with Parkinson's
Parkinson's disease (PD) is caused by the lack of dopamine, a chemical messenger that transmits sign...
Respite care – every family caregiver needs some help
Being the primary caregiver to someone you love is a daunting task. The love you feel for your fami...
Being a Good Patient Advocate for Your Loved One Could Save Their Life!
Mary is a 65-year old diabetic patient. She has visible wounds on her feet that are healing very slo...
Eating and Drinking: The Changes During End-of-Life
Feeding and keeping a client hydrated are built-in skills for caregivers. When caregivers serve clie...
Understanding How Immobility Impacts Health
Humans have to move their bodies to be healthy. Lack of body movement opens a host of problems for i...
Knowing When an Older Client Needs to Give Up Their Car Keys
One of the most difficult things to give up is our independence. For the elderly who have been drivi...
A Caregiver’s Guide to Recognizing Wandering and Sundowning in a Dementia Patient
Caregivers may find themselves caring for a patient with dementia or Alzheimer's disease in the leng...
Help Patients Become Independent Through the Use of Assistive Devices
The need for caregiving, especially in older people, is increasing. And a problem that comes with th...
Exercise Promotes Good Health
The world around us travels at a very fast pace. People are eating more fast food, we send emails a...
Stress, Stress, Go Away! Don’t Come Again Another Day!
Bless caregivers, because most people couldn’t take the stress of their job. Not everyone is built t...
Staying Organized: The Key to Preventing Burnout
Caregivers have a lot on their hands, especially if they have many patients assigned to them. A simp...
Caregiving and the Challenges of the Job
Caregiving is a rewarding job, and just like any other occupation, it comes with its own set of chal...
Recognizing Stress: Catch it Before it Becomes Burnout
Every day, caregivers provide help to others: family members, friends, and clients. They give from t...
The Dangers of Social Isolation in Patients and How a Caregiver Can Help
Did you know that social isolation and loneliness are considered serious health risks in the older p...
9 Useful Tips for Caregiver Travel Companions
What comes to mind when you think of travel and destinations? Sunshine, fresh air. Perhaps new foods...
Top Caregiver Issues and Concerns
Caregivers play a significant role in healthcare. The way they care for others as well as themselves...
Managing Daily Tasks: The Secret to Successful Caregiving
Whether you are a caregiver tending to the needs of your loved one at home, or personal aide working...
A Family Caregiver’s Guide to Transitioning Their Loved One from Home to a Facility
Being a family caregiver is a work of extreme dedication and sacrifice, and deciding to pass on your...
When Life as a Caregiver Feels Like Having No Life at All
“How’s life as a caregiver?” a friend asks Frieda, a mother of three who is also taking care of her ...
How Caregivers Can Help Weak or Immobile Patients
Muscle weakness is quite common. It can develop over time or appear suddenly. When a person is weak,...
Stop the Healthcare Team Struggle
Are you part of a team that takes care of patient needs? If you are a caregiver working in a nursing...
Supporting Families During End-of-Life Care
A caregiver who cares for a dying patient goes above and beyond to ensure that the patient would rec...
Caregiving 101: Getting Through the After-Diagnosis Phase
If you like watching movies, chances are you’ve seen many scenes where a character goes for a physic...
Whatever You Do, Do Not Lose the Human Connection
AI, or artificial intelligence, in healthcare is all over the news and the internet. Each year, the ...
Death and Dying: A Caregiver’s Good-bye
Death and dying are a part of human life. But those who provide care just see it more often. As a fa...
The Emotional Roller Coaster of Caregiving
Whether you are a caregiver caring for a loved one, or someone working in home health or a facility,...
Meet the Millennial Caregiver
Millennials . . . they are the people born between the early 80s to the late 90s....
How to Help a Caregiver from Far Away
It’s a common situation: A family is scattered across the country while one person, because of locat...
Mental Health and the Caregiver: What to Do to Help Yourself
Mental health is the state of our wellbeing in terms of how we think, feel, and socialize with other...
Helpful Tips for Winning Over Your Teenage Patient
Adolescence - When you’re too young for half the things you want to do and too old to do the other h...
What to Do if Your Older Client is Bored
They say “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” How true do you think that is? Could boredom ...
Maximizing Independence at Home for Clients with Early Stage Dementia
How important to you is your Independence? How important is it to be able to do what you want, when ...
Why All the Talk About Aging? – Part 2
The talk about aging is becoming more relevant than ever, as we expect a significant number of baby ...
Why All the Talk About Aging? – Part 1
Aging is becoming a hot topic in healthcare today. The reason? The US population is getting older by...
Beating the Holiday Blues - some Tips to make the Holidays Brighter
As a caregiver, you have the opportunity to help your clients make their way through the holiday sea...
Compassion: How to Keep It Going
Have you ever stopped in your tracks and wondered if you’ve started caring less if a patient gets be...
Understanding and Dealing with Behavior and Personality Changes in Alzheimer’s Patients
In Alzheimer’s disease, the brain cells start to die. Since the cells do not replenish, the brain be...
Forming the Financial Team
Parents, grandparents, relatives...30 million American households provide unpaid care to an adult ov...
Medication Management, from Prescription to Refill
If you are a caregiver wishing to make your life easier by doing just one thing for a start, try med...
