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Articles about caregiver stress (0-50 of 141)
- Useful Tips For Hiring A Private Caregiver
By: Jaffhardy | - How to recognize when you need homecare.
Below is a partial list of indicators that may suggest the need for a caregiver.
-Things around the home are being left undone-dishes, vacuuming, and laundry.
-The senior is losing weight because they are not willing/able to cook for themselves.
-The senior has balance impairment and is at risk of falling.
-The person has Alzheimers or Dementia and cannot be left alone.
-The senior has had a stroke and ...
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- Deal With Caregiver Stress - What You Need To Know About Handling Guilt, Frustration And Anger
By: Diane Carbo | -
Overcome caregiver stress by putting strategies into place. Tips for dealing with guilt, frustration and anger start with identifying the expectations you have for yourself as a caregiver.
Caregivers have a tendency to try to do everything themselves. Some individuals become overprotective or believe that their "caring" and attention is all that the aging senior requires. No one will provide care as well as they do.
Many caregivers today are taking ...
Tags: caregiver stress, dealing with guilt, frustration, anger
- Caregiver Stress - Don't Even Bother Trying To Relax -use These 7 Stress Reduction Tips
By: Diane Carbo | - Caregiver Stress -- You want to be there for the people you love, prepare yourself by learning to manage stressful times. Caregivers, when caring for your aging loved one, it is important to take action and incorporate these seven tips into the care giving part of your life.
The 7 stress reduction tips to take when caring for your aging loved one are:
* Be true to yourself. In other words, take care of yourself. Stay healthy and happy. You are an individual that ...
Tags: caregiver stress, stress reduction, aging, caregivers
- Deal With Caregiver Stress What You Need To Know About Handling Guilt, Frustration And Anger
By: Diane Carbo | - Overcome caregiver stress by putting strategies into place. Tips for dealing with guilt, frustration and anger start with identifying the expectations you have for yourself as a caregiver.
Caregivers have a tendency to try to do everything themselves. Some individuals become overprotective or believe that their "caring" and attention is all that the aging senior requires. No one will provide care as well as they do.
Many caregivers today are taking care of their ...
Tags: caregiver stress, dealing with guilt, frustration, anger
- Compulsive Hoarding - A Well Kept Family Secret
By: Diane Carbo | - Compulsive hoarding may have been a well kept family secret, but now the family is concerned over the aging parent's safety in the home. This is an elder care crisis that is starting to rear its ugly head. Care giver stress over concerns about health code violations, fire safety or a fall that could lead to a death and being buried by trash.
City and county agencies have developed task forces to deal with the compulsive hoarder. The home of a hoarder looks like any other person's ...
Tags: compulsive hoarding, caregiver stress, elder care, Symptoms of dementia, types of mental illness
- Caregiver Burnout - How To Deal With It & Avoid It
By: Allen Jesson | - From an evolutionary standpoint, our bodies are made for short bursts of stress like running away from dangerous situations, such as a forest fire. But today's world is one of constant low-level stress. For caregivers, high stress levels are continual.
And frankly, the human body isn't made to withstand such constant wear and tear. As a whole, many family caregivers cannot put aside strong feelings associated with care giving, which can run the gamut from devotion to guilt, to se ...
Tags: care givers, elder care
- Alzheimer's - A Caregiver's Story
By: Allen Jesson | - A level of frustration is inherent in Alzheimer's and dementia not just for the person who has it, but also for that person's caregiver(s). Until recently, caregivers were advised to "correct" a dementia patient in regard to actions not considered "normal."
Today a gentler approach has superseded this wisdom. For example, a dementia patient, forgetting that he is retired, may begin to dress for work. The old wisdom said to remind him that he no longer was employed.
...
Tags: care givers, home care, adult care facilities, home health care
- Elderly Home Care: Ten Caregiver Tips On Home Care For The Elderly
By: Colmer | - 1.Every caregiver should know as much as possible about the care-receiver. You should know their characteristics and personality style. For example, you should know their likes, dislikes, family members, ailments, etc. You should know if the care-receiver is outgoing or reserved, task-oriented or people-oriented. Once you get to know them better you will be able to understand their needs and behavior patterns.
2.Every caregiver should know and understand his/her responsibilities, ...
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- Avoid Caregiver Stress
By: Stephen Joyce | - Would you be surprised to know that the biggest threat to your parent remaining at home is how well you manage your caregiver stress and mental health? You know it's true that without the support that you provide each day that your parent could not continue to live at home. If you as your parent's primary care provider can no long provide all the care you do right now, what would your parents' options be?
Caring for a parent adds complexity to your life. You add another layer of ...
Tags: caregiving, caregiver stress.
- 10 Tips For Taking Care Of A Caregiver
By: Colmer | - Keep in mind that what may be extremely stressful for you, may be a minor irritation for someone else, and maybe not all stressful to a third person. It is mainly your perception, interpretation, and response to an event that determines your stress level. However, certain events (such as long-term caregiving) tend to be viewed as highly stressful by most people, most of the time.
Stress can make you sick---physically, emotionally, or both at the same time. Sometimes, good caregiving can be ...
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- 10 Things Every Respite Caregiver Needs To Know
By: Colmer | - Respite services cover a wide range. They may include volunteer services, adult day care for the care-receiver, or even a care-receiver's brief stay in a nursing home or assisted living facility. They also could include a private duty nurse or adult foster care. Respite caregiving may be provided by a different family member or a friend who can stay with the care-receiver to give you a short break.
It is a good idea to schedule regular respite care so the primary caregiver always has a sch ...
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- Baby Boomers Caring For Elderly Parents Six Tips For Overcoming Caregiver Stress And Guilt
By: Diane Carbo | - Caring for elderly parents as well as their own family many aging baby boomers find they are stressed and dealing with guilt. Overcoming caregiver stress and the guilt feelings that often accompanies the role of one person taking care of another is possible.
Guilt is a feeling of perceived failure. This failure may come in the form of expectations we set for ourselves or what we perceive are the expectations that others have set for us. Our response to these feelings of perceived ...
Tags: caregiver stress, dealing with guilt, caring for elderly parents, aging baby boomers
- Caregiver Needed? Top 6 Reasons A Family Caregiver Contract Makes Sense
By: Diane Carbo | - A family caregiver contract is a legal contract in which a family member is paid to care for the aging senior member of the family. Once an unspeakable or even unthinkable topic, there is a growing interest in the family caregiver contract.
As the aging population is living longer, baby boomers are facing caring for aging parents. Many are providing this care as they plan for their own retirement. Elder law estate attorneys are reporting an increase in interest in a formalized fam ...
Tags: caregiver needed, caregiver contract, inheritance, caregiver stress, aging baby boomers,
- Responsibilities Of Caregivers And Caregiver Syndrome
By: Art Gib | - With the development of better medicine and technology, as well as the aging baby boomer generation, more and more people are becoming largely incapacitated or disabled due to afflictions that can accompany old age, including Alzheimer's, dementia as well as other mental and physical handicaps, including limited mobility. With an increasingly aging population, caregivers to help those who are ill or handicapped are more in demand than ever before.
A caregiver is someone, usually a ...
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- Caregivers, Abuse, And Elders
By: Brandon J. Thomas | - Elder abuse is a serious and critical issue to address when considering any caregiver for the elderly, be it an at-home service or a care giving facility. Abuse can be either physical or emotional, and sometime the caregiver can be completely unaware he/she being abusive towards the patient.
One of the considered main causes of caregiver abuse is caregiver depression and stress. Physical abuse constitutes as a non-accidental force against the elder resulting in pain or injury. ...
Tags: caregiver(s), care giver(s), in home caregiver(s)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder: Symptoms For Caregivers To Look For
By: Colmer | - It's that time of year againshorter days and grayer skies. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of seasonal depression, usually occurring in the winter, which affects millions of people a year between September and April with the peak occurring in the winter months of December, January, and February. True SAD is a seriously disabling illness, preventing people from functioning normally. (Combine this with caregiver stress and holiday stress, and the results can be disastrous).
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- When The Caregiver Turns Killer
By: Laurence Harmon. | - Hudson, Wisconsin (population 11,913) is a typical Midwestern river town. Snuggled alongside the St. Croix River, the boundary that separates Wisconsin and Minnesota, the historic downtown area spans approximately six blocks, running from the SSG gas station at Second and Coulee Road on the southern edge up to Art Doyles Spokes and Pedals, just north of Second and Locust.
Of course, the little town has its share of Dairy Queens, KFCs, and Best Westerns, but there's also ...
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- Avoiding Eldercare Stress Requires Planning And Organization
By: Diane Carbo | - Care for the elderly in home can be overwhelming. To avoid eldercare stress it is important for the caregiver, or potential caregiver, to help the aging adult organize and plan for the unplanned events in life. Taking a proactive approach with the aging adults in your life will save you time, energy, money and undue stress.
Of course it is always best to attempt to plan for the unplanned emergency and get all paperwork and legal papers in order while the aging adult in your life i ...
Tags: eldercare stress, caring for the elderly in home
- Eldercare And Caregiver Stress Is Caring Too Much A Source Of Your Stress?
By: Diane Carbo | - The eldercare caregiver's commitment to caring for their aging loved one can be a long term and unpredictable one. Caregiver stress comes from expectations of others and disappointments.
Caring for your aging loved one is a way of showing your love and appreciation. It makes us feel good to care for another. Caring for another gives a us a sense of belonging, a sense of well being and self worth. So why does something that should be beneficial, leave you feeling physically, emotio ...
Tags: eldercare, caregiver, caregiver stress, caring, aging
- 10 Reasons To Keep Caregiving Records
By: Rebecca Sharp Colmer | - The caregiver role is complex and differs for everyone depending on the needs of the care-receiver (patient).
Many times, in the beginning, there may only be a few needs, such as providing transportation or helping with shopping or cooking.
Over time, needs increase, requiring additional services, until the care-receiver is fully dependent on the caregiver.
Becoming a caregiver is a big undertaking and it doesn't come with a specific job description. Often ...
Tags: online organizer, telehealth, caregiver, caregiving, caregiving records, caregiver stress
- 25 Bad Habits Every Caregiver Should Avoid
By: Rebecca Sharp Colmer | - A habit is a constant, often unconscious inclination to perform some act, acquired through its frequent repetition. If the habit is objectionable, we call it a "bad habit".
It's possible to control your habits and make a positive change in as little as 30 days. Focus on one habit at a time.
Caregiving bad habits often lead to increased stress and sometimes, even to elder abuse.
Elder abuse often starts as psychological abuse. If a caregiver doesn't properly deal with her/h ...
Tags: Caregiver assistance, caregiver, eldercare, caregiving, aging parents, home health
- 30 Signs Your Loved One May Need A Caregiver
By: Rebecca Sharp Colmer | - There are approximately 37 million people over the age of 65 and 5.3 million people over the age of 85. Each year millions of older people start requiring some sort of assistance to carry out their routine daily activities. Family members (family caregivers) provide most of the help.
It is not always easy to know when to intervene. It may seem like your loved one is in a gray area somewhere between competency and incompetence.
Your loved one can have a behavior tha ...
Tags: Caregiver assistance, caregiver, eldercare, caregiving, aging parents, home health
- Our Elderly Parents...and Forgetfulness By Any Other Name
By: Gail McConnon | - How often in any one day would you estimate you forget something?
I'm asking because I do it all the time. I forget names. I forget the specifics of plans. I forget the obvious places where I put the things I didn't want to forget . . . which, of course, often leads to "interesting" situations that refuse to be forgotten. The fact is that I'm becoming a more and more accomplished forgetter as I grow older. And this is something I've become nearly expert at doing without even tryi ...
Tags: elderly parents, aging, forgetfulness, dementia, stress, elderly mother, aging father, World of Forgetting, midlife professionals
- Caregiver Tips For Getting Through The Day
By: Rebecca Sharp Colmer | - The duties of the caregiver usually change and increase over a period of time. One of the most difficult aspects of the caregiver role is that the job continues seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
One way to help caregivers get through the day is to set up a care plan and develop a routine.
The caregiver's care plan is very similar to the nurse's plan of care and the hospice plan of care. It is a daily record of the care and treatment of the care-receiver.
< ...
Tags: Caregiving, caregivers, eldercare, aging parents elderlaw, guardianship
- Holiday Stress Relief For Caregivers
By: Rebecca Sharp Colmer | - If you are a caregiver you are probably already familiar with the effects of stress. With the upcoming holidays it is almost a sure bet your stress level will go up.
You may start to feel more tired than usual. You may worry more. You may feel like everyone else is piling their stress onto you.
Here are a few things you can do to help lessen your stress level. Even the relatively small things can add up.
1.Keep your expectations in check. You have ...
Tags: Caregivers, caregiving, holiday, aging parents, stress relief
- Help Your Respite Caregiver By Doing These Ten Things
By: Rebecca Sharp Colmer | - If you are a family caregiver there will come a time when you need a break. It usually comes sooner rather than later.
You may only need help for an hour or two or for a day or two. This is when a respite caregiver will step in.
Respite services cover a wide range.
They may include volunteer services or adult day care for the care-receiver. Or, it may even a care-receiver's brief stay in a nursing home or assisted living facility.
They also could inc ...
Tags: Respite Caregiver, Caregiver, Caregiving, Aging Parents
- Alzheimer's Disease: Caring For The Caregiver
By: Wendy Gorman | - Caregivers need just a much care as the Alzheimer's patient. Many times people who take care of parents or other family members who are affected by Alzheimer's Disease are overlooked in the care process. This can result in burnout especially if the caregiver is still looking after their own family at the same time. There are some specific issues that need to be focused on so that caregivers of Alzheimer's patients avoid this burnout.
Many caregivers start to feel lonely and iso ...
Tags: alzheimer's disease, stages of alzheimer's disease, coping with alzheimer's disease, caregiver to alzheimer's disease
- Ten Caregiver Tips For Care Of The Elderly
By: Rebecca Sharp Colmer | - The caregiver role is complex and differs for everyone depending on the needs of the care-receiver.Many times, in the beginning, there may only be a few needs, such as providing transportation or helping with shopping or cooking.
Over time, needs increase, requiring additional services, until the care-receiver is fully dependent on the caregiver.Here are some tips to help you get started:
1.Every caregiver should know as much as possible about the care-receiver.Y ...
Tags: caregiver, caregiving, eldercare, seniors, aging parents, healthcare
- Sensory Loss In Older Adults: Taste, Smell & Touch; Behavioral Approaches For Caregivers
By: Joseph Casciani | - As we age, our sensory systems gradually lose their sharpness. Because our brain requires a minimal amount of input to remain alert and functioning, sensory loss for older adults puts them at risk for sensory deprivation. Severe sensory impairments, such as in vision or hearing, may result in behavior similar to dementia and psychosis, such as increased disorientation and confusion. Added restrictions, such as confinement to bed or a Geri-chair, increases this risk. With nothing to show the ...
Tags: loss of taste, loss of smell, loss of touch, caregiver approaches, behavioral approaches, decline
- Caregiver Survival Tips - Three Ways To Stay Positive
By: Elaine K. Sanchez | - Madelyn Kubin was recovering from open-heart surgery. She had osteoporosis, macular degeneration, restless leg syndrome, and severe hearing loss. She lived on a farm six miles from a town of 10,000 people in the middle of Kansas, and she had very little money. And then, just a few months after Madelyn's 70th birthday, her husband suffered a debilitating stroke and she became his caregiver.
For the next six years Madelyn maintained her contact with the outside world, and per ...
Tags: caregiving, caregivers, caregiving support, elder care, Letters from Madelyn, Chronicles of a Caregiver, Elaine Sanchez, Elaine K. Sanchez, Caregiver
- After The Cancer Diagnosis: How To Support Yourself And Your Spouse
By: Jayne Hutchinson | - Everyone is shocked when they first hear the word cancer. Some people may feel they know the test results before they hear them, but it's still a shock to hear the words spoken out loud. It's usually very difficult to hear or remember anything else after hearing that your loved one has cancer.
For many people, the first few weeks after diagnosis are the most difficult. After you hear the word cancer, you may have trouble listening to what is being said, and asking questions that y ...
Tags: Cancer Caregiver, Cancer Diagnosis, Cancer Support
- How To Stay Positive - Three Tips For Caregivers
By: Elaine K. Sanchez | - Madelyn Kubin was a Kansas farm woman who overpowered her own failing health to care for her husband after he suffered a debilitating stroke. She chronicled her experience through writing letters to her daughter. Madelyn developed a myriad of coping strategies in order to maintain a positive attitude. The following survival tips are illustrated with excerpts from her letters.
Detach Yourself Mentally by Practicing Creative Indifference
The routine of caregivi ...
Tags: caregiver, caregiving, family caregiver, caregiver stress, caregiver survival, caregiver burden, hope for caregivers, support for caregivers, caregive
- Overpowering The Demands Of Caregiving - Lessons From Madelyn
By: Elaine K. Sanchez | - Madelyn Kubin was a Kansas farm woman who overpowered her own failing health to care for her husband after he suffered a debilitating stroke. She chronicled her experience through writing letters to her daughter. There are many lessons for all caregivers in Madelyns experiences. Here are three, illustrated with excerpts from the book Letters from Madelyn, Chronicles of a Caregiver:
Write a Rant
Writing about your anger, fear, and frustrations can get negative fe ...
Tags: Caregiving, Caregiver, Death and Dying, Stroke Victims, Caregiver Stroke, Family Caregiving,
- Do You Hide In The Closet And Then Wonder Why Mental Illness Has You In A Tizzy?
By: Mary Logan | - If you are a family member who deals with another's mental illness, chances are your life can get very full and often confusing. I hope this article about healthy boundaries helps.
OK, so your life has changed. Things are a bit different after the diagnosis of a family member's illness. It could be a daughter with bi-polar, a husband with clinical depression or your own sudden experiences with panic disorder. These circumstances happen every year to millions of Americans and famil ...
Tags: wellness, surviving mental illness, parenting, depression, mental illness, bi polar disorder, caregiver support, manic depression, schizoaffective disord
- My Care Giving Angel
By: Clay Cotton | - My Care Giving Angel..
It's been a few weeks since Cindy started coming over to spend time with Clay - to relieve me of my caregiving duties. She comes at least once a week. What a blessing! The long term care of any individual can be exhausting, at times, so I now call Cindy "my angel""
I still haven't done anything "fun""..yet, but I do take my time with errands now, and sometimes I even take a stroll around the town's square. I also still check in ...
Tags: care-givers, caregiver, caregivers, caregiving, burden, disability, elder-care, long-term-care, respite, sandwich-generation
- Separation Anxiety Torments Children And Their Parents
By: Jonathan Sapling | - Separation anxiety can strike when you least expect it.
Five-year old Jessica seemed relatively calm about her first day in kindergarten and her parents had no reason to suspect that separation anxiety would be a problem. She smiled sweetly as her father snapped her picture while she was getting into the car in her shiny new shoes with her hair in pigtails and a pink Dora the Explorer backpack in her arms.
A few minutes later the same little girl was standing at the door to ...
Tags: anxiety, separation anxiety, panic, stress
- Don't Forget Yourself When Caring For Someone With A Mood Disorder
By: Mary Logan | - When you care about someone suffering from a mood disorder, taking care of yourself can be a challenge. Mood disorders run the gamut from chronic and clinical depression to panic disorders and bi-polar disorder. In addition to the stress of caregiving, family members have the added burden of trying to avoid the "isolation factor" that is part and parcel of mental illness. It's easy to see how this happens. Caregivers often believe nobody knows how they feel, or that things will never be ok. When ...
Tags: depression, mental illness, bi polar disorder, caregiver support, manic depression, schizoaffective disorder, mental disease
- Caregiving Comfort: A Family Caregiver's Portable Support Group
By: Clay Cotton | - A caregiver needs all the support that can be had, but all-too-often a caregiver cannot find time and energy to attend scheduled support groups. Imagine the usefulness of a portable support group you can carry with you anywhere and access whenever you want. That's what we can have in Carol Bursack's touching little book, "Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories".
For over twenty years, Carol Bradley Bursack cared for a neighbor and six elderly family members, ...
Tags: caregiver, caregivers, caregiving, elder, elders
- Caregiving's Costly Burden
By: Clay Cotton | - Hey - If I had known that official government policy toward caring for elderly parents was that their children would have to do it all, well I would have had 10 kids.
While it's said that those in the developing world have numerous children with the hope that some will survive to care for them when they're old, those in developed counties have about two children.
Somehow I guess I thought our so-called developed world had some type of policies for elderly caregiving ...
Tags: caregiving, caregiver, caregivers, long term care, long term care insurance
- Caregiving - Families Don't Always Play Fair
By: Pamela Dombrowski-Wilson | - In our busy world, caregiving can become a complicated task especially when multiple family members are involved. Who will take responsibility for what tasks? Often the majority of the work is delegated to the family member who has the most available time. Caregivers placed in this position feel that this is not always fair and that their brothers, sisters, or other family members take advantage of them. This resentment creeps into family relationships.
The individual with th ...
Tags: Caregiving, families, caregiver burnout, home care, counseling
- Are You Drowning In Caregiving?
By: Alice Endy | - An area of concern that I get asked about the most is
finding someone to give the caregiver a break.
Most adult children fall into caregiving as a result
of an incident that placed their elder in a crisis situation. After the dust settles and reality sets in often we realize that our lives have changed and this change is often not welcomed.
We find ourselves unprepared for caring for our parent
especially when that care is for issues such as ...
Tags: eldercare, burned out, caregiver stress, guilt, caregiver guilt, help with parent, getting help.
- Caring For Aged Parents? Beware Caregiver's Stress
By: Eileen Silva | - Copyright 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva
Do you, like many other Baby Boomers, now find yourself caring for aging parents or other older relatives or friends who have health problems, disabilities, or the need for assistance with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and eating? If so, you are part of one fourth of American families who are caring for an older family member, an adult child with disabilities, or a friend. According to the AARP, you are one of more than 22.4 million America ...
Tags: caregiver, stress, disease, exercise, family, parents, children
- Discover How To Become A Successful Alzheimer's Disease Caregiver.
By: Rose Mary | - Copyright 2006 Rose Mary
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disease in which the condition worsens over time. As more parts of the brain are being damaged, the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease become more severe. Patients experience frustration and grief as they struggle with gradual loss of function and fading memory. Their family members grieve as well, as they observe their loved ones losing their abilities, personality and function. Anger, confusion, sadness and depressio ...
Tags: alzheimers disease, symptom of alzheimers disease, alzheimer's disease caregiver, alzheimers caregiver help, caregiver help, a
- Avoid Burnout When Caregiving An Aging Parent
By: Dana Sanders | - When providing care to aging or disabled parents, many caregivers ignore the most important person involved in the caregiving process. "Who?" - you may ask? The answer might surprise you: The Caregiver.
Many times caregivers get so wrapped up in attending to parent's needs, trying to fit quality time with their own family into their schedule, and oftentimes attempting to balance a career, they forget or simply neglect to take some time for their own personal needs.
...
Tags: caregiving, eldercare, aging, caregiver, elderly, senior citizen
- How To Survive As A Primary Caregiver
By: Lynne Taetzsch | - Copyright 2006 Lynne Taetzsch
When were under stress as caregivers, its important to have outlets for relief and to periodically rejuvenate ourselves. Otherwise we do harm to ourselves and everyone around us.
Now, getting relief is more easily said than done. Sometimes theres just no alternative but to buck up under the load. However, even a small gesture can often be tremendously beneficial. One of these assists that meant a great deal to me was offere ...
Tags: caregiver, caretaker, caregiving, caretaking, Alzheimer's, dementia, primary caregiver, mental health, aging, health
- Emotional Strengthening For Alzheimer's Family Caregivers 3: Our Thinking Can Create Our Stress
By: Mark Matloff | - Copyright 2006 Mark Matloff
.Our Thoughts Can Trigger Our Emotions
In the previous section we began loking at a journal written by hary, an Alzheimer's family caregiver. The journal illustrated the connection between what we think and how our thoughts make us feel.
There's another very important point from Harry's journal. That is the fact that our thoughts trigger our emotions. When our thoughts are more sensible, we tend to have more moderate fe ...
Tags: Alzheimer's disease, support, family, caregiver, stress, coping
- Creative, Connected Self Care
By: Jennifer Louden | - Most self care materials are related to how you manage your own needs when taking care of others, especially when other people are ill or incapacitated. Since there are so many resources out there already related to that angle, this article fleshes out the idea of self care in a couple of directions. The first relates to how we creatively care for ourselves when we are feeling full, luscious, and charged with energy. I love it when I wake up and for no apparent reason I feel on top of the worl ...
Tags: self, care, creative, stress
- Migraines And Stress
By: Paul Duxbury | - When it comes to choosing the all-time champion of migraine triggers, it all boils down to two contenders and all the others are mere pretenders. Much research has been done into the various triggers of migraine and basically the verdicts have come down squarely into two camps. Many researchers have decided that food and food additives are the main culprit behind triggering migraines. On the other hand, many researchers are adamant that the primary trigger for migraines is stress.
Tags: Migraines, Headaches, Stress, Impact
- Emotional Strengthening For Alzheimer's Family Caregivers 2: Our Divided Minds Create Stress
By: Mark Matloff | - Copyright 2006 Mark Matloff
Our Divided Minds
This is the second excerpt from the book "Strength in Caring: Giving Power Back to the Alzheimer's Caregiver." It shows how our thoughts influence our feelings, and how extreme thinking can actually increase a caregiver's stress level. This article is inspired by the work of Albert Ellis, Ph.D.
Harry is a caregiver. He takes care of his wife Alice, who has been recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disea ...
Tags: Alzheimer's family, caregiver, stress, self-help, coping
- Emotional Strengthening 1 - Basic Training For The Alzheimer's Caregiver
By: Mark Matloff | - Copyright 2006 Mark Matloff
The Importance of Caring for the Caregiver by Mark Matloff, Ph.D.
This article is the first in a series of excerpts from the book "Strength in Caring: Giving Power Back to the Alzheimer's Caregiver."
Welcome to basic training. Basic training will introduce you to some very important ideas that you can use to make yourself calmer, more flexible, stronger, and better able to cope with whatever life throws at you. And life ...
Tags: alzheimer's, caregiver, family, support, emotion, strengthening
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