Category Archives: Tips For Caregivers

Source: Healthy Place Compassion fatigue Have you heard of compassion fatigue; sometimes called secondary victimization or traumatic stress, vicarious traumatization? It’s a form of burnout, a deep physical, emotional and spiritual exhaustion accompanied by acute emotional pain. Compassion-fatigued caregivers continue to give themselves fully to the person they are caring for, finding it difficult to … Continue reading →

Source: Caregiver Stress How to Care for Aging Parents Try these strategies to make helping Mom and Dad less stressful By Abigail L. Cuffey Posted February 22, 2010 from Woman’s Day; March 1, 2010 If you’re one of the millions of baby boomers caring for aging parents, you know just how overwhelming it can be. … Continue reading →

Source: Caregiver Stress Spring Cleaning a Senior’s Home: 5 Tips to Get It Done Back in the olden days, spring cleaning meant scrubbing or laundering every surface of the house to remove the dark, sooty grime that built up from using candles, kerosene lamps and woodstoves throughout the winter. It also meant throwing open all … Continue reading →

Source: Healthline News Written by The Healthline Editorial Team | Published on April 25, 2013 Caregiving is the act of assisting a person, usually a family member or friend, who is unable to carry out his or her daily routine without help. Most adults have fallen into the role of caregiver at some point in their … Continue reading →

Source: Medical News Today A culturally informed family therapy is proven helpful to caregivers of loved ones with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and disabling psychiatric disorder that affects about one percent of the population in the United States. Approximately 60 percent of those suffering from this condition live with a relative. Despite the … Continue reading →

Source: Medical News Today Adapted Media Release Published: Saturday 20 February 2016 Millions of caregivers in US suffer from impaired immune function, heart disease, and other factors resulting in a higher mortality rate. It has been estimated that over 20% of the U.S. population has served as an unpaid non-professional family caregiver for an elderly or … Continue reading →

 Source: Safety Tips For Home Healthcare Workers Home health workers face an array of safety risks — including overexertion, falls, car accidents and hostile pets — that make their jobs more treacherous than those of their hospital counterparts. In fact, the injury rate in home care settings is about 50 percent higher than that in hospitals, … Continue reading →

These are several guidelines to keep in mind when performing home-care services: Use of idle time after completion of all possible nursing care (including the upkeep and maintenance of the patient environment) may be devoted with the client approval to reading or other quiet activity. Do not smoke in the patient’s home. Always bring your … Continue reading →