Professional caregivers offer a wide range of services from personal care and household support to maintaining the safety and security of a senior with dementia. Hiring help at home can provide the assistance you need, even when you can’t be there yourself.
National Family Caregivers Month – celebrated each November — is a time to recognize and honor family caregivers across the country. Share your journey, find resources, and connect with others who understand. You’re not alone in navigating the challenges of caregiving.
Compare and hire the best caregiver to fit your needs. All caregivers with this badge are background checked. As an in-home aide, I care for the sick, elderly and handicapped. My job is to assist them in activities of daily living. I help them bathe and dress. I cook for them and help them eat.
Caregiving is not easy — not for the caregiver and not for the person receiving care. It requires sacrifices and adjustments for everyone. Often, family caregivers must juggle work and family life to make time for these new responsibilities. Caring for an older adult can also be rewarding.
Taking Care of Yourself: Tips for Caregivers - National Institute on Aging
Caregiving has become your new career, and you adjust to a new normal. Caregivers can be spouses, partners, adult children, parents, other relatives (siblings, aunts, nieces/nephews, in-laws, grandchildren), friends, neighbors.
Forbes: 3 Reasons Why ‘Constructive Complaining’ Is Good For You, By A Psychologist
Are you venting, or staying stuck in your frustration? Here’s how to tell the difference, and have a constructive conversation instead. While you might view complaining in a negative light, it’s not ...
3 Reasons Why ‘Constructive Complaining’ Is Good For You, By A Psychologist
The Hill: America’s caregivers are struggling — this bipartisan bill can help them
USA Today: Family caregivers are struggling at work, need support from employers to stay, AARP finds
Family caregivers are struggling to work while juggling caregiving responsibilities, which could threaten a large part of the workforce unless employers are more supportive, a new study reports. AARP ...
Family caregivers are struggling at work, need support from employers to stay, AARP finds
AMERICUS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers (RCI) today announced the launch of the Profiles of Experiences of Caregiving© (Caregiver Profiles©), an innovative ...
Assurance will host a Caregivers Festival April 18, honoring family caregivers with resources, support and a mayoral proclamation in Gainesville.
While employers continue to cite finding and retaining talent as one of the biggest challenges they face, many companies are lagging in implementing support and benefits for family caregivers—the ...
BOSTON (SHNS) – Caregivers supporting their elderly parents and spouses overwhelmingly want more state financial aid, while legislation that aligns with their desired relief remains stuck in committee ...
MSN: America’s 63 million family caregivers are mostly unpaid, stressed and begging for help
America’s 63 million family caregivers are mostly unpaid, stressed and begging for help