As your parents age, you may begin to notice changes in their physical or mental capacities. Sometimes these changes are quick when a medical problem occurs. They may occur slowly over the passage of time. If you are geographically distant you may not be aware...
It’s spring! If it isn’t yet, it will soon be time to open the windows and let in a nice breeze. It’s time to transition your home and your life from winter to spring. It’s time to start planning for the summer months. Will you be having house guests this summer?...
When hiring in a caregiver for a parent or loved one, it’s difficult to know what kind of person to hire. Let’s face it, caregivers from agencies are not well paid and tend to not be well educated either. Agencies do their best to find good employees to...
Everyone is busy these days. We work, are parents, spouses, siblings, adult children, friends, pet parents, and volunteers. And then one day, we also become a caregiver. Like parenting, there is no training for this. We are not raised with the expectation that one...
We asked our Caregivers Connect Facebook group what their best tip for new caregivers would be and we received over 120 answers! We were not surprised to see that “have patience” was a popular answer and while many offered the advice that “caring...