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Five Reasons Alzheimer’s Caregiving is Challenging

If you are a caregiver for someone with dementia, such as that Alzheimer’s disease, you know how difficult that can ...
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11/10/2023 | By Alzheimer's Association – Eastern North Carolina Chapter

Alzheimer's caregiving is challenging. Here, a daughter is talking to her mother, her arm around her.

Tips to Help Caregivers Maintain Their Well-Being

The Alzheimer’s Association offers seven tips to help Alzheimer’s caregivers balance competing priorities while maintaining their overall health and well-being. ...
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11/3/2023 | By Alzheimer's Association – Eastern North Carolina Chapter

a daughter and her elderly mother having coffee. Image by Piksel. These tips from the Alzheimer’s Association can help Alzheimer’s caregivers balance priorities while maintaining their health and well-being.

Know When an Aging Loved One Needs Home Care

When an aging adult begins to need support at home, they may be hesitant to ask for help – or ...
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10/18/2023 | By Gretchen McKay

loving hands - elderly and younger person grasping hands. Image by Chotiphusit Phuriphatmethadol. Know When Aging Loved One Needs Home Care

Lower Caregiving Costs

More than 38 million Americans provide unpaid caregiving to seniors and other loved ones, spending an average of more than ...
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9/20/2023 | By Ella Vincent

Caregiver helping senior into van from wheelchair. For article on ways to lower caregiving costs.

BoundaryCare App to Monitor Loved Ones with Dementia

Inspired by the challenging of protecting a family member with memory issues, a father and son have developed an app ...
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9/15/2023 | By Katy Read, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Scott and Paul Carpenter's BoundaryCare app lets caregivers remotely monitor a loved one with dementia to keep them safe. (Courtesy BoundaryCare/TNS)

‘Dear Sweet Mama’ Highlights Pandemic Caregiving

WESTMINSTER, Md. — During the early days of the pandemic, Julie Peatt Cassaday took an active role in caregiving for ...
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7/5/2023 | By Thomas Goodwin Smith

During the pandemic, Julie Peatt Cassaday's mother was in a nursing home. Cassaday's caregiving experience inspired a book, “Dear Sweet Mama.”

Frustrated Caregiver Speaks Up

A frustrated caregiver is stressed out by the demands and criticisms of her 89-year-old mother but feels guilty for her ...
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7/3/2023 | By Amy Dickinson

An unhappy woman being cared for by her daughter, a frustrated caregiver. Image from Satjawat Boomtanataweepol 1

Self-Care and Caregiving: Accepting Help

As loved ones age and need greater care, family members may become their caregivers – a potentially challenging task. In ...
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5/31/2023 | By Terri L. Jones

A granddaughter out with her grandmother in a wheelchair in a beautiful spring setting, from Pojoslaw. Caregiving is a challenging task, thus the need for self-care while caregiving – including a need for accepting help.

Helping a Parent in Managing a Chronic Disease

When you’re involved with helping a loved one in managing a chronic disease, especially as a caregiver, these six suggestions ...
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5/17/2023 | By Terri L. Jones

a daughter with her ill father, from Monkey Business Images. for article on caregivers managing a chronic disease in their loved one

Safeguarding a Senior’s Dignity

Caring for a loved one goes beyond providing for their physical needs. In the third of her series, “What to ...
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5/8/2023 | By Terri L. Jones

grandfather in a wheelchair with his daughter and a young granddaughter, from Kiattisak Lamchan. Caring for an aging parent one goes beyond caring for physical needs and safety to emotional needs, including safeguarding a senior’s dignity.