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What is Lewy Body Dementia?
Like Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia, Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) is dementia, a brain disease, which involves thinking and memory issues that affect daily life. Like the other kinds of dementia, there is no cure for it but some of its symptoms can be somewhat managed with medication. It’s not a new disease but has been […]
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The Empty Vessel Model of Care
Challenging the Traditional Paradigm of Caregiving: A New Perspective When one individual gives care, attention, assistance, and support to another, there’s often a sense that a full vessel is pouring into an empty vessel. There’s a void between the receiver and the giver gives. This is a paradigm of caregiving in the Western world that […]
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So, What’s a Memory Cafe?
You are a caregiver for a person who has some memory loss. You may be a child working in the CDPAP program to tend your father’s personal care needs. You may be a spouse or partner to someone with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. You spend much of your time with the senior and know they could […]
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Is Caregiving Taking Over Your Life? Consider CDPAP
Sandwich generation caregivers are stressed out by caring for their children as well as older family members. It used to be that these people were in their forties. However, as increasing proportions of younger adults care of their older family members, a trend which continued throughout the pandemic, not only the number of caregivers caring […]
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It’s not you! It’s Modern Life!
Ever wonder if multiple calamities happening at once is your particular fate? Your mother is in the hospital, your son is suspended from school and your BFF is not talking to you. Why is all of this happening at once, you ask. It’s not you, says Bruce Feiler, the bestselling author of several books in […]
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Am I a Caregiver?
People caught up in the day-to-day responsibilities of directly tending to a spouse, parent, relative, or partner eventually confront this direct question. Recognizing what you are doing is often a big epiphany. I am performing so many tasks connected to my loved one’s health and wellbeing and tending to him. I am taking him to […]
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Finding the Balance: Respectful Caregiving and Decision-Making for Aging Parents
In this article, we delve into the complexities of decision-making for aging parents, exploring the delicate balance between respecting their independence and providing the necessary care and support. Navigating this transition can be challenging for both seniors and their loved ones. By understanding the importance of careful communication, empathy, and tact, families can work together […]
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What is Ambiguous Loss? And Why It Matters.
Ambiguous loss is just that, ambiguous. It is not final. It is not clear. On some levels, someone is gone but it is not for sure or necessarily complete. Examples of ambiguous loss can be a soldier who is missing in action, a person with dementia, a person with mental illness, or a person with […]
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Who can be a home care worker? Part 3. The Part-Timer
Got bills? Inflation hitting you hard? Need some extra cash in your pocket just to keep up? Working in home care may be the answer to your shortfall at the end of the month. If your current job isn’t covering your bills, read on about some options for increasing income right now. Working in home […]
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Who can be a home care worker? Part 2. The Parent
Got Child Care Responsibilities? Need to Earn, Too? Are you minding young children at home? Need to work a schedule that works with their schedule? Don’t want to pay a babysitter and the cost of transportation, too? Consider working home care. It offers flexible scheduling and you can work in your own neighborhood and not […]
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