Do these scenes sound familiar: You’ve been in bed for an hour, tossing and turning, but you can’t sleep. You keep re-hashing the day’s events and worrying over everything that needs to get done tomorrow. Now you start fretting about the fact that you can’t get to sleep. You’re trying to quickly get in and […]
One of the toughest challenges you can face when caring for the elderly is resistance to care. How do you help a loved one who doesn’t want or resists help? Understand why resistance to care might develop and strategies for fostering cooperation when caring for the elderly.
It is common for caregivers to have feelings of loss and grief as their life is changed by Alzheimer’s. You’re entitled to these emotions and may start to experience them as soon as you learn of the diagnosis. Alzheimer’s gradually takes away the person you know and love. As this happens, you’ll mourn him or her […]
Alzheimer’s gradually takes away the person you know and love. As this happens, you’ll mourn him or her and may experience the different phases of grieving: denial, anger, guilt, sadness and acceptance. The stages of grief don’t happen neatly in order. You may move in and out of different stages as time goes on. Some […]
Family caregivers of seniors may not always get to fulfill the dreams or plans they had before tasks of providing care filled their days. Living life to the fullest, so that you can say there were no regrets when someone is no longer with you or you become physically unable to fulfill your dreams, is something […]
