SubscribeCaregiver Confessions: When You’re Sleeping Poorly — Or Not at All
Sleep problems are rampant among caregivers — although they often try to hide this fact from family members and the person they’re caring for, out of misplaced worry that it’s selfish to complain.
Caregiver Confessions: When You Don’t Feel Appreciated
By Paula Spencer Scott, Caring.com senior editor Caregivers focus on giving, not getting. It’s the nature of the job. Even so, it’s only natural to sometimes feel taken for granted by those you’re helping, or to feel like your efforts are making no difference. “Making a difference motivates women,” says TV-radio personality Leeza Gibbons, who [...]
Caregiver Confessions: When You Feel Consumed by Guilt
For caregivers, guilt carries a double whammy: It’s almost always unproductive, yet it’s ever-present. Guilt over not doing enough. Guilt over not being there enough. Guilt over wrong choices, broken promises, lost tempers, unfinished conversations.
Attention Members of the Sandwich Generation
Are you a member of the Sandwich Generation? Are you taking care of your own children and your elderly parents at the same time? If you, welcome to the Sandwich Generation.
There are around 65 million people in the U.S., mostly women, who are taking care of an elderly parent, most often one with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. This is a very hard job. Add to that they are also raising their own kids and possibly working at the same time.
Caregiver Confessions with Leeza Gibbons
By Caring.com Staff Last updated: November 07, 2011 TV and radio personality Leeza Gibbons knows firsthand the dark, lonely, and stressful emotions that can be triggered by caring for a frail or sick loved one. While caring for her late mother, who had Alzheimer’s disease, she conceived the Leeza’s Place support centers for caregivers — [...]
Caregiver Confessions: When You Lose Your Temper
Firsthand advice from a caregiver who’s been there By Paula Spencer Scott, Caring.com senior editor Last updated: November 03, 2011 All caregivers “lose it” sometimes. We lose patience. We yell. We have your basic meltdown. Even the most mild-mannered among us get just plain angry. “I snapped at my mother!” says TV-radio personality Leeza Gibbons, [...]
The Common Cold and Not So Common Information
Respiratory infections are not fun. And I should know—I’m just getting over one. Grandkids, cold weather, everyone stuck inside all lead to more germ-sharing this time of year than any other. This “perfect storm” of activity puts many seniors at risk even as we are having a good time bonding with family results include upper [...]
10 Tips for Coping with Holiday Stress and Depression
The holidays are supposed to be a great time of year, but for some people . . . not so much. Unwanted guests sometime show up—stress and depression. There is so much to do with shopping, baking, partying, having guests or for some elderly none of the above. The Mayo Clinic has 10 suggestions about [...]
How to Introduce Your Parent to Facebook
Do you think your parent would be interested in learning to use Facebook. Have they shown any interest?