Area Agency On Aging
San Antonio, TX:
The Essentials of Caregiving: Caring for the Caregiver
“The Essentials of Caregiving” is an eight week series of classes focused on providing support and tools a caregiver may need as they care for a family member living with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or a related dementia. Participants may register for the series at any time.
We recognize the care for a person with a chronic illness or disability is not complete without addressing the needs of the caregiver. At “The Essentials of Caregiving: Caring for the Caregiver” session, we will cover how to maintain your health and wellness as a caregiver.
Registration is free at http://www.utcaregivers.eventbrite.com/. Refreshments and…
Caregiving: Why Change is Difficult
(An Excerpt from Leaning Into Sharp Points). Change is analogous to a large boulder balanced on a precipice. It looks like it could tumble off the cliff if just a little pressure were applied. But despite your great effort, it won’t budge. The weight and inertia of the boulder prevent it from moving. And just …
6 Facts About Caregiving That Will Make You Cringe
And you better pay attention because it's coming soon, to a family near you.
5 Top Caregiving Tips for Keeping Aging Parents at Home
Keeping aging parents at home is a goal many caregivers have. These 5 tips reduce the work & decrease stress so you can care for them as long as possible.
6 Nonverbal Dementia Communication Techniques Make Caregiving Easier
Body language can speak louder than words. 6 nonverbal dementia communication techniques that reduce confusion, agitation, & anger and increase cooperation.
When It's Time for a Nursing Home, Caregiving Choices
Caregivers often feel an emotional mix of relief and guilt, reassurance and anxiety surrounding decisions over putting a parent in a nursing home.
Caregiving Tips for Fighting Helplessness
Find out strategies for caring for difficult loved ones and feeling helpless. Maintain empathy for others and yourself when being a caregiver.
What Caregivers Don’t Tell Others About Caregiving
“Sally Abrahms can take her crown off now!” Ouch. That was one response to my story that recently ran in the AARP Bulletin explaining common emotions (guilt, grief, exhaustion) family caregivers have and strategies for dealing with them. I was writing about my own experience – I’m a long distance caregiver, not someone who lives 24/7 with a sick or chronically needy parent – as well as what I have observed from my work. That reader could have been less strident, …
How Siblings Can Stop Competing for Caregiving Control
The more siblings caring for an elderly parent, the greater the likelihood of power struggles. Learn to work as a caregiving team to avoid conflicts.
How to Move On from Caregiving After a Parent Dies
6 tips for transitioning back to your own life after a loved one you've been caring for dies.
Stuck at Home? 4 Ways to Make Outings Easier When Caregiving
Let’s face it: Getting out and about with a loved one who has cognitive or mobility challenges can be a logistical nightmare. The equipment, timing and transportation mishaps are often a comedy of errors — like the time I left the trunk wide open for two hours after retrieving Mom’s wheelchair, or when Dad, who has Alzheimer’s disease, spits his food on the floor at a restaurant. Despite the headaches, I’ve remained determined to get my parents (and Dad’s service dog, Mr. …
How to navigate the challenges of caregiving
As the population of older U.S. adults grows, more Americans are taking on long-term caregiving duties for loved ones. An estimated 43.5 million adults in the U.S.
Caregiving Hacks, Tips and Tricks to Ease Caregiving Problems
You don’t have to be a do-it-yourself expert to make caregiving tasks easier. Follow these tips and tricks to alleviate some of the common caregiving problems.
How to ask for caregiving help
For a lot of family caregivers, asking for help can be a challenge.
10 Signs of Caregiving Stress
When you’re caring for someone else, and running your own household, your needs tend to fall to the bottom of the list. While this is a perfectly normal response, it isn’t the healthiest res…
Tips for long-distance caregiving
Though long-distance caregiving is different than caring for someone down the street, there are many ways to make it easier.
How The Business Of Caregiving Is Evolving
In the age of the millennials, the business of caregiving is evolving with innovative companies, employers, and states offering new services and policies to ease the burden.
Caregiving in Crisis, and How to Fix It
A virtual event about our Universal Family Care issue
Caregiving costs: What your family needs to know
If you someday need caregiving services from loved ones, would they be prepared? Talk to them about the financial implications – well before you need help.
