Finding A Foothold

Our first caregiver-focus podcast.  Let me introduce you to Anita. Meet Anita, the caregiver to her husband who recently had a stroke.  Both she and husband are 60 years old and were preparing for retirement when the stroke occurred.  Hear the struggles she encountered during the first 6 months of him being home.  I met Anita, saw her anger and learned her struggles as she worked alone to help her...

Caregivers Questions: Calls this week were received on the website call-in line by caregivers who listen to this podcast.  Listen and hear advice given to callers who have the following concerns/questions:   •  Wife whose husband just started dialysis has days when he is weak and can not assist much with his care.  Wife has a back injury and desires suggestions on how to help him. •Daughter who as...

Caregivers Questions: Calls this week were received on the website call-in line by caregivers who listen to this podcast.  Listen and hear advice given to callers who have the following concerns/questions:   •  Daughter with mother who has had open heart surgery and has instructions not to use her arms to push up off of a chair to stand.  Daughter wants to know how to help mom.     •  Re-airing of...

Having the ability to stand and walk is very valuable and often we don’t even think about it until the ability to do it has been lost.  Unfortunately many elderly or disabled individuals lose this ability due to balance deficits, poor endurance or other impairments.  Use of a wheelchair then becomes essential for mobility, allowing for them to travel from one location to another.   Proper position...

Caregivers, you take on this role of “giving care” to fill a need in the life of your loved one.  You give of your time and effort to ensure that those needs are met but you often do this at the expense of your own health.  You fail to continue to “give care” to yourself.  It is essential that you engage in self-care activities.  It is vital that you organize your thoughts, your time and your envi...

Caregivers are wonderful about seeing to the needs of their loved ones, making sure they are well taken care of.  Caregivers spend countless hours preparing meals, managing medications, helping with personal hygiene tasks, and many many other chores.  But they often neglect themselves.  They can go months without engaging in fun social activities with friends or participating in their favorite hob...

Caregiving is hard work but many caregivers accept the role because they truly  care.  They're willing to sacrifice some of the things they want to do in order to provide for a need in someone else's life.  But just having that willingness does not prepare you for the role you are undertaking.  Having someone who can help you adopt the right strategies and techniques is essential to lowe...

Hurt is something we all deal with,  physical and emotional hurt.  Often caregivers enter into their role of caring for aging parents and disabled spouses with this hurt already present in their lives.  The hurt can go deep and can be experienced daily.  The loved one you are caring for may even play a part in the hurt you are experiencing. So how do you provide care for someone when you are hurti...

The life you envisioned for yourself can become just a blurred hazy dream of long ago, when you enter into the role of caregiver to your aging parents or disabled loved ones.   If you are always focused on the negative, it can leave you feeling cheated and resentful.  Please know that the freedom you desire begins inside of you.  Your must learn to reach out to others for help, for strategies that...

 We often start projects or take on responsibilities not fully realizing the extent of the energy and time required to complete the tasks.  And this is often true as we enter the role of caring for aging parents or disabled spouses. There are Three Steps to Developing A Realistic Plan For Caring For  Aging Parents or Disabled Spouses.  Listen as host shares a personal challenge experienced when st...

Many families are faced with the question "Should Mom (Dad) Come Home..?" when they are nearing discharge from the hospital.  Patients, when discharged from hospital, are oftentimes too weak to safely go home.  Families do not know how or are not available to provide the care that is needed then loved ones are weak and need extensive care due to the illness or weakness that has occurred....

Receive three strategies on how to help your aging parents.  Also on this episode, caregivers answer questions today from the call in line from struggling caregivers on how to:  motivate elderly parents, set boundaries for parents living in your home, concerns about sleeping in recliner, motivate aging neighbor and concerns about mom falling.  Item recommended:  Sock aid Do you have a caregiving c...

Welcome to our first episode.  Learn about our caregiving community and our desire to see all caregivers improve and thrive as they give care.  We as caregivers know that caregiving has its many challenges as we assist loved ones with everyday task.  We also have learned that when we rally together,  we can bring bring hope and offer solutions to those tough situations. Listen to our first calls t...