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How to Design the Ultimate Bedroom for a Child on the Autism Spectrum

  As a parent, of course you want to be sensitive to finding the best methods for encouraging...

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Medication Maintenance Tips for Caregivers

Managing medications can be difficult to do, especially if you’re a senior caregiver. Helping someone else remember to...

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Love, Loss, and Legacy: Me’Chelle and Kee’Doria’s Caregiving Journey

Caring for and then losing someone you love can be devastating, and even though grief and caregiving are...

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7 Tips for Providing Personal Care for a Senior: A Guide for Caregivers

Perhaps your mom was recently diagnosed with dementia, or your grandfather suffered a broken bone after a nasty...

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Home Health Aides: 7 FAQs you need to Know

If you’ve ever wondered exactly what a home health aide does, or what qualifies as home care in...

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Dementia Care: Four Strategies Every Caregiver can Use

Dementia is a serious disease that poses a tremendous challenge for the caregiver. Caring for someone diagnosed with...

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Caregiver Wellness: How Art Therapy can help you Reclaim your Narrative

Being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness (i.e., cancer), a progressive long-term disease (i.e., Alzheimer’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, or...

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Activities to do with your Parent who has Alzheimer’s Dementia

When my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at 87 everything changed.  I could no longer leave it all...

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3 Tips to Administer Self-Care if you’re a First-Time Caregiver

  The cost of hiring a caregiver can be substantial. In fact, cost is one reason why approximately...

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Social Workers Play an Important role in Supporting Caregivers

Caregivers help ensure the care and well-being of senior citizens, those with mental illness, terminal illness, and disabilities....