Posts by CareAware Caregiver Support
National Caregiver Day: Express Your Appreciation
With Valentine’s and Presidents Days tucked away for the year, you might be inclined to think that we’re finished with February holidays, but this is not so! In fact, the best…
Read MoreDo You Trust Me?
When Caregivers Have to Make Difficult Decisions for Their Parents When was the last time you were faced with making a tough decision? What do you remember feeling? Were you…
Read MoreLowering Expectations: A Formula for Stress-Free Holidays
If you’ve never seen a toddler standing spellbound in front of television commercials during the holiday season, you’ve missed a very important life lesson. When my child was three, she’d…
Read MoreThe Importance of Touch
Have you ever thought about the importance of touch? Author Paula Cocozza states, “The pleasantness [of touch] encourages us to keep touching, nourishes babies and binds adults, and threads wellbeing…
Read MoreMindful Fall Prevention for All Ages
All of us have fallen at one time or another. My own experiences include more than falling in childhood when learning to walk or ride a bicycle. Remember disco dancing?…
Read MoreCommunication Tips for a Loved One with Dementia
Communication—both verbal and nonverbal—is intrinsic to the human experience. Effective communication, however, far from being an innate trait, is a learned skill. Throughout our lifetime, social environments (i.e. parents, teachers,…
Read More5 Ways to Redirect Dementia-Related Behaviors
If your loved one has dementia, you know that caring for this person can include dealing with undesirable and often unpredictable dementia-related behaviors. As an example, a loved one may…
Read MoreMillennial Caregivers Among Most Stressed, Study Finds
Many of us – in fact, most of us – will feel the effects of caregiving at some point in our lives, regardless of our background, socioeconomic status or location.…
Read MoreLet the Outdoor Fun Begin!
A caregiver’s days often are harried with fixed responsibilities and countless unanticipated distractions. With so many tasks necessary just to get through a single day, the thought of getting out…
Read More10 Tips From Experienced Caregivers
“A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experiences,” wrote American physician and author, Oliver Wendell Holmes. What does this have to do with caregiving? Well, similar to an abstract…
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