As a family caregiver, your health and well-being is important. But how can you find ways to care for yourself and juggle your role as a caregiver? These tips offer you can use on daily basis to make your tasks easier and make sure you’re not neglecting your own needs. Download here.
Putting the Day to Bed: Alzheimer’s & Sleep
Sleep issues are a common occurrence for individuals with Alzheimer’s and can impact the family caregiver’s sleep schedule as well (and you need your rest, too!). These tips will help you create routines navigate challenges in your loved one getting a good night’s sleep. Read more…
Kitchen Safety and Alzheimer’s Disease
As a family caregiver, your loved one’s safety is crucial and the kitchen can be one of the most dangerous rooms in the house, with risks from chemicals/poisons to fire and burn hazards with stoves. It is important to reassess risks as your loved one’s condition progresses. Read more…
Creating a routine around grooming is important, as is balancing what your loved one is comfortable with (example: if your loved one doesn’t like to have their hair washed often, you might have to decide how important it is to wash their hair at a particular time). Read more…
Turning and Positioning a Loved One in Bed
As a family caregiver, being able to safely position and/or turn your loved one in bed can make certain care acts much easier and more comfortable for you both. This is also an important part of keeping your loved one from developing bedsores if they are bed-ridden. Watch the video.
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I was blessed to be my Mother's solo full-time caregiver for 5+ years. Stroke brought about Wernicke's Aphasia, and in time, the dementia presented itself. Within the first few months of caregiving, I found no articles or books on solo full-time caregiving, so I decided to keep my notes and journal up to date, with the intention of publishing a book on how solo full-time caregiving got done. All of the reading I came across stressed the importance of putting together a caregiving team, so that the primary caregiver does not burn out.