Nursing Home & Rehabilitaton Centre
If your loved one is at a hospital or a nursing care facility, whether it’s for a short-term rehab stay or for long-term care, she might feel pretty discouraged about…
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Here is some practical advice: Being Reasonable, Rational, and Logical Will Just Get You into Trouble. When someone is acting in ways that don’t make sense, we tend to carefully…
Job 1 when moving your aging parent or loved one into your home — or helping them age in place in their own home — is making it safe. Take…
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Learning how to care for a stroke patient at home is all about putting yourself in the survivor’s shoes. It’s also important to understand the medical complications that you can…
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How do you respond when someone asks, “Is there anything I can do?” More likely than not, your response is, “Oh no, I’m okay.” And when friends say “Let me know if…
Most caregivers are committed to keeping a frail or ill loved one at home as long as possible. Maybe they promised not to put the care receiver in a “nursing…
The care you give to yourself is the care you give to your loved one. Keep these simple steps and strategies in mind to ensure that you as a caregiver…
Avoid food fights. Make mealtime as pleasant as possible. Encourage someone to eat, but don’t demand, cajole, or threaten. Someone with dementia may not know what he/she wants to eat….
What is Respite Care? Respite care is a way for the main caregiver of someone with special needs to have some time off. A respite break can be as short…
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Set up the bathroom to make it as easy as possible for the person to get on to and off of the toilet, e.g. having a raised toilet seat and…
