Caregiver Anxiety

  • 10 Tips to Help You “Unplug” from Caregiving

    You deserve a break, but how can you avoid spending your respite time worrying about what’s happening at home? Ample planning will ensure your loved one’s needs are met and minimize your anxiety, allowing you to fully disconnect.

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  • Defining Frailty: What Does it Really Mean?

    I recently participated in a study to help researchers develop a "frailty index" for people over 65 and I'm not sure what to think of my results.

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  • Handling Dementia Behaviors in Adult Day Care

    Adult day care staff members are trained to handle dementia behaviors, including: anxiety, hallucinations, wandering and aggression.

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  • PTSD: Caregivers and Combat Veterans Share a Common Emotional Enemy

    Although PTSD is commonly associated with survivors of disasters, the emotional strain of caregiving can have serious and unexpected long-term effects on a caregiver’s mental health.

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  • Should Someone With Alzheimer’s Be Given Antipsychotics?

    Antipsychotics can help manage symptoms of agitation, aggression and anxiety in people with Alzheimer's disease, but these drugs carry safety concerns that caregivers need to be aware of.

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  • How to Give Yourself a Much-Needed Massage

    You may not have the time or finances to hire a massage therapist, but you can still reap the benefits of a relaxing massage. Here are some self-massage techniques that you can do with everyday household items: a pencil, a sock, and two tennis balls.

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  • How to Find the Positive In Negative Emotions

    No one wants to feel sad, anxious, afraid, or angry. But this attitude can make it difficult to tease out the advantages of being subjected to these emotions. The first step to finding the positive in the negative.

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  • Physical and Mental Health Effects of Family Caregiving

    Providing care for a senior can be very rewarding, but without a balanced care plan and regular respite, family caregivers risk developing serious mental and physical health problems of their own.

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  • Why Is It So Hard to Relax? How Caregivers Can Learn to Unwind

    When you finally manage to take time to unwind, do you find it difficult to relax? If so, you’re not alone. Learn how to switch off “caregiver mode” so you can fully benefit from valuable respite time.

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  • Managing Dementia Through Redirection and Relearning

    Although it’s common for those with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to occasionally become agitated, angry or aggressive, redirection techniques are an effective method of managing these difficult behaviors.

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  • How to Stop Engaging in Unhealthy Behaviors to Relieve Caregiver Stress

    Are you struggling with caregiver stress and finding it difficult to practice self-care? Use these six steps to replace unhealthy coping mechanisms with beneficial habits that relieve stress and anxiety.

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  • Is the Nursing Home Overmedicating Your Elderly Loved One?

    Chemical restraints are no longer the norm in nursing homes, but stories of overmedication of the elderly persist. Drugs may be necessary to improve a resident’s quality of life, but close monitoring is the only way to tell if a facility is overdoing it.

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  • Complementary Therapies: Reiki for Seniors

    Reiki is a holistic therapy that can complement any conventional medical treatments a senior is already receiving. Using touch, Reiki practitioners transfer restorative energy to their patients to aid in physical and mental healing.

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  • This Personality Trait Could Double Your Risk of Alzheimer’s

    A new study has found that women with certain personality traits may have double the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

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