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Caring for a Parent When Your Relationship Has Been Strained

Lauri Scharf, LSW, MSHS, is a Care Consultant & Master Trainer at Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging It’s…

Caring for a Difficult Parent

“Mom, please get in the car.” She ignored me and wandered through her small vacation home—a mobile home,…

Caregiving and Its Rollercoaster Ride of Emotions

Lisa S. Weitzman, LISW-S, is the WeCare Manager of Business Development at Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging Whether…

Caregivers: Guideposts Is Here for You

The third Friday in February (February 19 this year) is celebrated as National Caregivers Day in honor of…

A Take-Charge Caregiver Learns the Value of Asking for Help

I’m a take-charge person. My motto has always been “If it’s to be, then it’s up to me.”…

Are You Too Hard on Yourself as a Caregiver?

It isn’t easy to be an imperfect perfectionist. Despite your best-laid plans, dust can collect, dinner can come…

Are You a Hypervigilant Caregiver?

It’s easy to see how the demands of caregiving can lead to a state known as hypervigilance. Merriam-Webster…

A Family’s Battle

I was in the passenger seat of a Humvee, on a dusty street in Iraq. The sun was…

A Caregiver Makes the Healthy Choice to Change Her Diet

They say every working mom does a juggling act with personal, family and professional responsibilities. I sure knew…

8 Ways for Caregivers to Take Care of Themselves

My husband, Lee, and I were sitting in the doctor’s office, waiting to hear the results of a…

7 Tips for Coping With the Emotions of Caregiving

Home Instead Senior Care interviewed more than 1,000 family caregivers and found that most, like Marilyn Strube, experience…

6 Ways to Cope with Caregiver Anger

Asked how they feel, many family caregivers mention their stress and sadness—but not the resentment, impatience and anger…

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