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Beginner’s Guide: Launching a Working Family Caregiver Employee Resource Group

Caregiving doesn’t just happen during the work hours. In fact, as a sandwich-generation working family caregiver, I often had to use my time off for care, leave work unexpectedly, and make calls during the workday. Sometimes, my head wasn’t completely wrapped around work due to all the caregiving worries and responsibilities. And yet, I was […]

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How to Ask for the Caregiving Help You Need

Caring for an aging parent, Support System

How to define and ask for the caregiving help you need from family, friends, neighbors, and professionals.

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National Family Caregivers Month: A Letter to the Invisible Army

Guest Posts, Support System

a letter by Heather Zoccali; republished for Happy Healthy Caregiver with permission Dear “Invisible Army”, As we approach National Family Caregivers Month I want you to know I am here for you. I am your advocate, defender, and non-judgemental friend you may lean on. I hear your secret cries in the shower, cars, and bathroom

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How to Feel Less Isolated While Social Distancing

Caring for an aging parent, COVID19, Support System

This post is sponsored by Depend® Brand. All opinions and statements are my own. As I’m sure you are all aware of, we’ve been instructed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to socially distance ourselves until we are told it is safe to do otherwise. Social distancing is defined as deliberately increasing the

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Do You Know How Amazing You Are? Happy National Caregivers Day!

Caring for an aging parent, Support System

This post was written in partnership with Depend® brand. All opinions are my own. Since 2016, National Caregivers Day has been observed on the third Friday in February. I meet and talk to people all the time who don’t even call themselves a caregiver. In my eyes, you are a caregiver if you are helping

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The ABCs of Self-Care – Sing them throughout Self-Care Awareness Month

Creating ME Time, Happy Days, Mental Growth & Hobbies

September is Self-Care Awareness month. Being intentional with self-care habits takes time so it makes perfect sense that we need a dedicated month. While my hope is all family caregivers sprinkle flecks of self-care into each and every day, we all can use a jump start. I am grateful Self-Care Awareness month is September because

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Essentials to Embracing Change as a Family Caregiver

Caring for an aging parent, Mental Growth & Hobbies, Support System

Spring is here! Well, at least in Georgia it is. With a new season, we get to witness a variety of changes. We see birds chirping, flowers blooming, green grass sprouting, and leaves returning. Change can be good. Change can also be tough – really tough. Especially when a boatload of changes erupt all at

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Signs of Caregiver Burnout & Resources that Will Help

Caring for an aging parent, Support System

Caregiver burnout is real. According to WebMD, caregiver burnout is “a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that may be accompanied by a change in attitude — from positive and caring to negative and unconcerned.” Family Caregivers can tend to burnout when they take on too much, put everyone’s needs before their own and have

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Announcing the ‘All Things Caregiving’ YouTube Talk Show

Caring for an aging parent, Creating ME Time, Happy Days, Mental Growth & Hobbies, Support System

We Had a YouTube Channel for Caregivers In the fall of 2016, my fellow global Caregiving advocate, Carole Brecht (author of The Artistry of Caregiving) connected with me to see if I was interested in creating an inspiring & uplifting Caregiving talk show with her on YouTube. After lots of phone and email conversations, recording

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5 Ways for Caregivers to Save Time and Minimize Stress

Creating ME Time, Guest Posts, Happy Days, Mental Growth & Hobbies, Support System

A guest post written by Jessica Hegg. Being a Caregiver can be one of the most stressful experiences of your life. Most people giving care for loved ones don’t get paid – and many caregivers work full or part-time, or have children or other responsibilities that mean their life gets very, very stressful. It’s very

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