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Why Should a Caregiver Ask for Help?

Why Should a Caregiver Ask for Help? If you have spent any part of your life as an athlete or in an aerobics or yoga class, you know that by the time a person actually feels thirsty, their hydration is already depleted. Once it’s depleted, it takes the body...

7 Easy Ways to Help Family Caregivers

Caregivers have a difficult time accepting help. I know this; I’ve lived it. I’m not sure if it’s because accepting help would mean that we are less than the PERFECT caregiver or if it’s that we don’t want to place our problems on...

Caregiver Stress: Study Shows That it Comes Mainly From Family and Friends!

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine recently released of a study involving 58 caregivers of stroke survivors and 15 types of common problems that caregivers face. Not surprisingly, the study showed that while there were many other stressors...