Caregiving Stress-Free Living Dealing with Family Stress When Caring for an Elderly Parent By article ItΓÇÖs a time in life that no one looks forward to, but is often times inevitable: caring for an ill … Read More→
_ Coma Patients Helped by Family Storytelling By article Sometimes, it seems, love can do what medicine canΓÇÖt: Researchers have found that loved ones who talk to a patient … Read More→
Caregiving Taking the Right Precautions for a Family Member with Alzheimer's By Jane Farrell article More than 15 million Americans ΓÇô usually family members or friends ΓÇô provide unpaid caregiving to people with AlzheimerΓÇÖs disease … Read More→
When Cutting Toxic Family Ties Impacts Your Loved Ones By blog Cutting ties with family members is one of the hardest decisions we may face in life, because we are conditioned […]
8 Signs It's Time to Cut (Toxic) Family Ties By blog Cutting ties with family members is one of the hardest decisions we may face in life, because we are conditioned […]
_ National Family Health History Day By Jane Farrell article Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at ThirdAge to you and yours! Each year since 2004, the Surgeon General … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health Depression: Supporting a Family Member or Friend By Jane Farrell article Helping someone with depression can be a challenge. If someone in your life has depression, you may feel helpless and … Read More→
The Littlest Word By blog FOR - The three letters look simple, but sometimes they’re part of a painful question: What am I doing this for? My husband and I are going through an emotional and sad time with close family members. It has been ongoing, and we’ve tried to reach out a number of times by leaving phone messages. On our last attempt, we got a message that the number was disconnected. I asked my husband, what am I doing this for? I quit!!!
The Power of Validation Techniques In Caring For Dementia Patients By blog Editor’s Note: Last spring, Rita Altman, Sunrise Senior Living's Vice President of Memory Care and Programming, spoke with the Washington Post, discussing her experiences caring for Sunrise residents diagnosed with advanced dementia. We thought the article that followed their conversation with Rita included some good tips on communication tactics with family members and friends who may be suffering from cognitive impairment, as did the blog shared by Sunrise. We've posted both below.
_ The Personal Records You Need to Keep By Jane Farrell article We don’t like to think about suddenly becoming seriously sick or disabled. Yet it’s extremely helpful to review what you and others need to know if that happens. To have your “affairs in order” will help your family and caregivers as well as you yourself. The federal National Institute on Aging has a list that will help you and other family members be prepared for a sudden crisis. (And if you are caregiving yourself for a family member, it might be a good idea to tactfully bring up this subject.)
Aging Well CareBox to Help You Age in Place By article A highly sensitive alarm unit called the CareBox, which will be available toward the end of 2014, can immediately call family members, neighbors, or caregivers by telephone, cell phone, or the Internet when someone in the home falls or is otherwise in need of assistance. A release from Fraunhofer, the German research company that created the device, notes that an estimated 30 percent of people over 65 years of age lwho live at home fall at least once a year. For those over 80 years old, more than 40 percent take a tumble annually.
_ Financial Issues for Caregivers By article By Hilary Young While caring for a loved one may seem like the better, cheaper alternative to assisted living, there are actually many financial issues to consider. Understanding these issues and knowing how to cope with them is vital because people are now living longer than ever before and many family members will eventually take on the role of caregiver.
_ Needed: A New Approach to Health-Care Surrogates By Jane Farrell article Almost half of hospitalized Americans 65 and older need decision-making assistance from family members because they are too impaired to make decisions on their own, a new study has found. And those health-care surrogates need to be taken more seriously. Most surrogates are children or spouses. Some patients have two or more family members making decisions toether. Researchers from Indiana University said the problem is only going to grow more prevalent as the U.S.
_ How to Handle A Clingy Elder By Jane Farrell article By Sheri Samotin One of the most frequent concerns I hear from caregivers is how to deal with a care recipient who never wants his or her caregiver out of sight. This can be a real challenge for caregivers who need to work, take care of other family members, or just have a little time to him or herself. It is also often hard for caregivers to tell the difference between helping and enablinga loved one.
_ Apologizing After a Caregiving Blowup By Jane Farrell article Caregiving, even during the best of times, can be stressful. Family members and friends who are clueless about the realities of caregiving, often add to the stress by offering "advice," which sounds to you like criticism rather than help. You're a good person and likely they are, too, so you stuff your irritation, bite back a sarcastic response and let the comments or actions pass – this time.
_ Type 2 Diabetes What to Know About Diabetes Mellitus By Jane Farrell article Diabetes mellitusΓÇöoften shortened to just ΓÇ£diabetesΓÇ¥ΓÇöis one of the most common diseases in the world, affecting more than 8% of … Read More→
_ High blood pressure / hypertension Who is At Risk for Hypertension, the Medical Term for High Blood Pressure? By Jane Farrell article Sometimes national statistics are so shocking that people have to stop and take notice. This is certainly the case for … Read More→
_ Health Headlines Genetic Testing And Heart Disease By Jane Farrell article Increasing use of genetic testing means people may discover they have a gene variant associated with some types of cardiovascular … Read More→