Caregiving is difficult but it doesn’t necessarily have to be a burden if you don’t let it. We have caregivers with multiple ways of looking at their experience in our private Facebook support group. This post from Sixty and Me by Anthony Cirillo, shares...
Caregiver’s guide: How to control and calm down dementia patients when they are angry. By guest blogger, Erica Silva Most of us think that the only sign of dementia is when an aged individual finds it hard to remember information. However, the behavioral changes...
If you are a caregiver, you know that you absolutely need a break from time-to-time in order to keep your sanity. This post from Caring.com provides 8 ways to get occasional or regular backup help for a few hours, a few days, or longer. I used several of these...
Being a caregiver for someone who has a memory deficit can be extremely challenging. It becomes even more difficult when that person is unaware of their dementia or any other limitations associated with it. Dementia can directly impact a person’s ability to follow...
How can you help someone and yet maintain their independence, and yours? This was a question I faced one day when my husband misunderstood the time and showed up for a class early. The next day he asked me to stay home to make sure he left on time for an appointment,...