
Self Care for Caregivers: One Question to Help Avoid Burnout
Dementia caregivers often sacrifice sleep, personal time, self care, and exercise to meet the needs of their loved one. We keep waiting for more hours in the day, and we’re
Dementia caregivers often sacrifice sleep, personal time, self care, and exercise to meet the needs of their loved one. We keep waiting for more hours in the day, and we’re
If you are a dementia caregiver, you’re probably a compassionate person who enjoys making other people happy. You wake up each day and put the needs of someone else ahead
Dr. Anthony Fauci recently recommended that Americans should plan to “hunker down” for the winter months to prevent the continued spread of COVID-19. But Alzheimer’s caregivers are at increased risk
You get that diagnosis—finally. Sometimes, the diagnosis alone takes years, and you are just relieved that the problem has a name. This is an actual disease, and neither one of
In a recent video segment for the Us Against Alzheimer’s “What Matters Most” series, dementia advocate Tracey Lind described the common misconception that self-care can’t change the course of dementia,
Each year, we ask participants of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s the question “Why do you walk?” This year, we add to that the question “Where will you walk?” While
Eleventh grade was a bit of a whirlwind. Accumulating homework assignments, standardized testing, a jam-packed extracurricular schedule, and anticipation for college applications pushed me further and further into a bubble.
Charles Figley, a psychologist during the Vietnam war, coined the term “compassion fatigue” when he realized that he was experiencing the physical and emotional affects of secondary trauma in supporting
Liz O’Donnell, eldercare provider and author of The Working Daughter, found herself caring for her parents and juggling multiple roles at work and at home. Based on her own experiences,
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