2023 Happy Healthy Caregiver Holiday Gift Guide Welcome to our 2023 Holiday Gift Guide, specially curated for individuals who care for their friends or family or need a gift idea for those they care about. Whether searching for thoughtful presents for family caregivers or seeking comfort and convenience for those receiving care, our guide is […]
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Family caregivers must make a living and are craving flexible and remote jobs. Being an at-home family caregiver is an act of selfless love and dedication. After all, you likely considered many factors before making this decision, or maybe you felt there were no other options. While none of my care recipients lived in our
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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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My husband Jason and I were late to the viewing party when it came to watching the Ted Lasso series. My extended family has been discussing this popular Apple TV Plus show since season 1 came out in the summer of 2020. Jason and I resisted subscribing to another streaming service until we received a
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a guest post written by Dean Cook with permission to share with the Happy Healthy Caregiver Community When I was just a young boy, I remember asking Mom, “Why does Granddad shake like that? Where does that come from?” The time had come for her to share some things about her dad,
When my Dad died in the summer of 2014, I wished the world would stop spinning so I could catch my breath. While my Dad’s final hospitalization and decline, followed by hospice, was sudden in our eyes, the emotional rollercoaster of caregiving started months prior. In Spring 2014, my mom was intubated due to COPD-related
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A considerable part of the mission of Happy Healthy Caregiver is to fast-track family caregivers to resources. Your time is limited, and the information is scattered everywhere. Then, once you find something, you question if it can be trusted. I first became aware of Certified Senior Advisors(CSA) in 2016 when I took a virtual course
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Celebrating Moms and Dads – 2023 Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Gift Guide Mark your calendars for this year’s parental holidays where we let our loved ones know how much we appreciate them. Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 14th, 2023 Father’s Day is Sunday, June 18th Some of our moms and dads are also family
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One of the top pain points for family caregivers is the need for training and education. Many family caregivers were tossed into a family caregiving role overnight or may have seen the need for more care coming but didn’t know what they didn’t know. Either way, family caregivers struggle to keep their heads above water.
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When you were little did you ever play Mad Libs? Mad Libs was a concept created in the 1950s by Roger Price and Leonard Stern. The game consists of one player prompting others for a list of words to substitute for blanks in a story before reading aloud. I’m sure Price and Stern intended Mad
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