Last November, my sister Susie and I presented at the National Caregiving Conference in Chicago. Our topic was “Sharing the Care – How One Family Approaches Caregiving”. Our session description: Caregiving often cannot be a one person job. It often takes a team of people to help provide the companionship and personal care for a […]
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Happy New Year! I want to introduce you to a fun activity. It’s called ’19 for 2019′ and it’s essentially where you capture 19 intentions for the year. I heard about this idea last year on the Happier podcast and I’m adopting and encouraging this practice with my family and Happy Healthy Caregiver community for
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Can you believe it? We’re soon to be celebrating the New Year! Closing up the chapter in our lives called 2018 and starting a fresh one full of opportunities and adventures. Perhaps you are already considering what’s ahead for 2019 and finalizing resolutions, goals, and good intentions. For me, I like to first reflect back
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Caregiving can be emotionally and physically draining. Managing the crisis of the day while juggling your life can be exhausting and time to ourselves is a precious gift. Below are little ‘happiness boosters’ you can incorporate into your busy day. Think of these happiness boosters like you would Pac-Man’s Power Pellets. Gobbling the power pellet
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Songs speak to how I’m feeling. Fellow family caregivers tend to ‘get me’. Put those two things together and we’ve got a strong need for some Caregiver Anthems! Anthems are defined as rousing or uplifting songs identified with a particular group, body, or cause. I have been gathering my own playlist of Caregiver Anthems and I’m
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a guest post written for Happy Healthy Caregiver by family caregiver Claire Wentz As we age, people rely on the help of friends and family to check up on them and ensure they are healthy and safe. However, it’s not always possible for us to be nearby in order to drop in on our senior
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A guest post written for Happy Healthy Caregiver by family caregiver Kristen Heller. It’s hard to describe how fast your days go by when you are caring for someone else. I imagine it is like having a child, except I can’t say for sure. I have spent most of the last few years caring for
A guest post written by Victoria Sanders. According to the Caregiver Action Network, almost 40 percent of adults in the United States are caring for a loved one who is living with illness, physical limitations, or dementia. While everyone’s circumstances are different, it’s clear that there are many people in a caregiver position. With so many
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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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As family caregivers, we write care plans for our care recipients. As parents, we share our children’s routines with babysitters. As committed employees, we draft transition plans and instructions when we leave work for a few days. What we often don’t do as human beings who are juggling multiple competing priorities is reflect on how
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