Alzheimer’s is a complicated and overwhelming disease. Over time, the disease can change a loved one into a seemingly different person. Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease is a challenging task. It is important for caregivers to be well-educated about the disease and to ask for help and information whenever necessary. The disease […]
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Being a caregiver for an Alzheimer’s patient is a physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausting job. Often caregivers experience health issues related to the stress of the responsibility of caring for an Alzheimer’s patient. They fail to take care of themselves and don’t have the support they need. The stress for caregivers is very real, but
A Guide to Navigating the Challenges of Caregiving You won’t know the difficulties of being a caregiver until you become one. Many people take on the challenge because it involves someone they love. In the US, 53 million people have assumed this role and then struggled to make it work. Much of the challenge surrounds organizing and
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More often than not, guardianship congers images of a minor child in the care of a designated adult family member or friend. However, you can employ the process to obtain legal rights over elderly or aging adults, usually, parents, who are losing their physical and mental health capacities. While the process is similar, there are
Anyone experiencing the struggle of simultaneously caring for children and aging parents is part of the sandwich generation. Although generation is part of the phrase, it does not refer to people born at a specific time. Typically these “sandwich” family caregivers will be in the thirty to forty-year-old age range and balancing duties to provide
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