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...
Skin Care Basics for Caregivers
One of the caregiver’s most important responsibilities is keeping the patient’s skin intact and heal...
Staying Focused When Your Client Gets Confused
Confusion can be a manifestation of many disorders and medical conditions, yet caregivers overlook i...
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...
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 ...
Quick Safety Checks You Should Practice as a Caregiver
Safety is always a priority. This is a basic principle of human survival, even more so in the health...
Stimulating Activities for Patients with Dementia
The physical and cognitive changes brought about by dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease, can make ...
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 ...
It’s Never “Just Lighting” in the Care of Alzheimer’s Patients
Most people usually take a room's lighting for granted. They switch lights on and off for comfort, l...
Seven Effective Ways to Deal with Your Patient’s Pain
Pain is a hallmark symptom of many diseases and is the most common reason why patients seek medical ...
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...
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...
Rule Your Day: Great ADL Tips for Caregivers
Caregiving will not be complete without assisting the patient in performing activities of daily livi...
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...
Combating the Physical Demands of Caregiving
Caregiving is such a rewarding job, but it takes a special kind of devotion and stamina to be able t...
Listening: The Key to Getting Through to a Patient
Communication is quite the buzzword in healthcare. It’s said that faulty communication is the reason...
How to Make a Positive Impact on a Patient with Diabetes
In 2015, 30.3 million people in the US had diabetes—9.4% of the total population. In people aged 65 ...
Cheat Sheet for Caregivers Who Help with IADLs
ADLs, or activities of daily living, are necessary procedures for self-care, such as bathing, dressi...
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...
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...
Late-Stage Caregiving: Care for the Skin and Body in General
When patients are in a terminal stage of illness, they experience a lot of physical and emotional pa...
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...
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...
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...
When Dementia Patients “Misbehave”
Every caregiver who helps a patient with dementia dreads the episodes of unexpected defiance and ang...
What to Do When Cancer and Infection Team Up
Cancer, also called malignancy or malignant tumor, is an abnormal growth of cells. Cancerous tumors ...
Managing Daily Tasks: The Secret to Successful Caregiving
Whether you are a caregiver tending to the needs of your loved one at home, or a personal aide worki...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Caregivers Have Rights, Too
Every caregiver knows this: Sometimes you have to be the bad guy. Depending on the day, you’re the o...
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 ...
Reading a Patient’s Facial Expressions and Gestures
Crime investigation movies or TV series are always a hit. If you are a fan of this genre, you most p...
Helping Elderly Patients on the Difficult Road to Recovery After Hip Surgery
Hip injuries and diseases are very common in older people. Fractures in the hip happen to about nine...
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...
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...
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...
Seven Genius Ways to Be a Team Player
Is teamwork in healthcare overrated? We often hear about the importance of teamwork during shift hud...
Caring for a Patient with Hearing Loss
Working as a caregiver you will care for patients with different conditions, among which may be hear...
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,...
Tips on Caring for Patients Undergoing Regular Dialysis
According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, more than 661,000...
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...
Helping Patients Cope with Chronic Pain Can Do Wonders
Pain is both a friend and enemy. It warns us that something is wrong with the body that warrants imm...
Rule Your Day: Great ADL Tips for Caregivers
Caregiving will not be complete without assisting the patient in performing activities of daily livi...
Tips for Surviving the Holidays
Being a caregiver is stressful enough. Then come the holidays…how can you manage to get everything d...
Communicating with Dementia Clients: Keep It Simple
Communicating with loved ones or clients who have dementia may seem challenging, but a few simple gu...
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...
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...
The ABCs of Bed Adjustment Every Caregiver Should Know
Safety is a priority. We cannot overemphasize this in healthcare. Caregivers and other healthcare w...
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...
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 ...
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....
Exercise Promotes Good Health
The world around us travels at a very fast pace. People are eating more fast food, we send emails a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Preserving a Patient’s Dignity: The Greatest Gift
Never take a person’s dignity. It is worth everything to them and nothing to you. Frank Barron...
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...
Seeing Nothing: Caring for the Visually Impaired
To most people, waking up each morning means seeing everything around you again; your family, the vi...
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...
9 Useful Tips for Caregiver Travel Companions
What comes to mind when you think of travel and destinations? Sunshine, fresh air. Perhaps new foods...
Always Say No to Bed Sores!
Bed sores, sometimes called pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers, are a kind of skin breakdown caused...
Running Errands for Older Patients During This Pandemic
Older people are especially at risk of contracting Covid-19 because they usually have underlying med...
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 ...
Dealing with the Patient's Sleep Deprivation
Lack of sleep makes everything worse. When patients don’t get enough rest or adequate sleep cycles, ...
Stroke and the Caregiver's Role
Stroke, what is it and how does it affect the United States? How can the caregiver recognize the sig...
Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis: How Caregivers Can Prepare
After Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most common progressive neurological diso...
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...
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...
Keeping Patients Involved and Interested in Their Own Care
Do you have patients who do not participate in their own care? How do you manage? Do you find it dif...
Bracing Yourself When Your Patient Turns Violent
Have you ever enjoyed an action-packed movie where a patient becomes violent and attacks healthcare ...
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...
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 ...
Goal Setting with Patients is Highly Beneficial
It's important to set your own goals and work hard to achieve them. – Yuichiro Miura...
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 to Prevent Skin Problems Related to Incontinence
Skin problems that arise from incontinence are a big problem. For caregivers, this is a cause for co...
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...
Best Practices in Caring for Patients with Incontinence
Incontinence is the lack of voluntary control of urination or defecation. Some 25 million adult Amer...
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 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...
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 ...
Seeing Nothing: Caring for the Visually Impaired
To most people, waking up each morning means seeing everything around you again; your family, the vi...
The Needs of Post-Stroke Patients
Each year, more than 795,000 people in the US experience a stroke. After stroke, patients often have...
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...
A Scientifically Proven Relaxation Technique to Promote Sleep in Patients
All too often, especially for older patients, insomnia is a formidable enemy that leaves them feelin...
Caregiver: A Cancer Patient's Lifeline
Did you know that the word cancer came from the Greek word meaning “crab”? Cancerous tumors have swo...
