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Frequently Asked Caregiver Finance Questions
With no guide book on how best to manage your loved one’s care and finances, knowing what’s best isn’t always easy, so here are a few financial questions to consider as a caregiver.
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4 Caregiver Resolutions That Will Take You 15 Minutes or Less a Day
Here are a few resolutions that will allow you to take just a little bit of time for yourself each day in the New Year.
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Are You Prepared for Caregiving?
As adult children, it’s natural to not always think about parents needing our care. After all, they’ve been a source of support for us for our entire lives, so it can be hard to imagine it any other way. But although your parents don’t yet need extra help, it could happen, and you likely will want to feel prepared if that moment comes.
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Dealing with Aging Parents: How to be an Advocate
Find out how we can maintain balance while being an advocate for our parents.
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Three Tips for Taking Care of Yourself as a Caregiver
An old adage says, “You can’t take care of others if you can’t take care of yourself.” That was something my loved ones frequently reminded me about in 2012 when my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and I became her caregiver.
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When Caregiving Becomes Overwhelming
Being an at-home caregiver for an aging loved one creates special moments and opportunities to bond with them in new and profound ways. But caregiving is also a tremendous responsibility often accompanied by hard-to-process feelings like grief, resentment and guilt.
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Self-Care for Caregivers
Caregivers often put others' needs ahead of their own. But caregiving can be challenging, which makes self-care as important now than ever. Here's how you can avoid burnout.
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Use the Prompting Technique With Loved Ones With Dementia
A technique known as prompting can help foster a more successful partnership with your loved one with dementia. It can also help you and your loved one communicate better and work together more smoothly.
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Worried About Mom's Health? How to Talk to the Family About It
If it’s been a while since you’ve seen a senior parent, it might surprise you to see changes in them that you haven’t noticed before. A scheduled meeting with a pre-approved agenda can help families gather their thoughts and concerns as well as offer solutions.
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How to Get Involved in Your Loved One's Senior Living Community
Now that your loved one has moved into a senior living community, how do you, as a wife, husband, son or daughter, get involved yourself?
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A Simple Way to Think About Caregiving Conversations
Guest blogger Sherri Snelling, corporate gerontologist, discusses how to have family conversations about long-term care and end-of-life decisions.
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Navigating the Middle: When You Find Yourself Between Your Adult Children and Aging Parents
Who knew that getting older might actually mean being pulled in more directions than ever before? You may be needed not only by your adult children, but also by grandchildren and maybe even aging parents and relatives.
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Tips for Caring for Yourself as a Caregiver
Here are three basic, proactive actions you can take to help ensure that the care you give doesn’t wear you down.
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What's the Better Fit: Dementia Care or Assisted Living
Choosing the right type of long-term care is an important decision to make. But which care option is best? Assisted living or dementia care? Find out.
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Sara Mitchell: "My Second Family"
Sara Mitchell knew Brookdale was the place for her the moment she walked through the door. Though she's not related by blood, the residents in her community are like her second family.
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