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During any given year, there are more than 44 million Americans (21% of the adult population) who provide unpaid care to an elderly or disabled person 18 years or older. Altogether, informal caregivers provide 80 percent of the long-term care in the United States. Sixty-one percent of caregivers are women. – womenshealth.org The average caregiver is age 46, female, married and working outside the home earning an annual income of...

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Sometimes when you have a very consuming problem, it can so take over your life that you forget the rest of life’s responsibilities and relationships. That is certainly a danger that caregivers are faced with. It is easy to become so wrapped up in the demands of being a good caregiver for your aging parent or loved one that the rest of the world seems to disappear. This is never a healthy way to take on the challenge of care...

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These 10 tips will keep your stress in check: Care for yourself. You deserve it.  Get out and be with friends. Everyone needs a social outlet and being with friends can help you put things in perspective and ease your stress level. Stay healthy.  a. Eat well.   When it comes to combating stress levels, what you eat may actually help relieve your tension. b. Get enough sleep – Create a cool, calm and quiet environment for sleep....

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Thinking about providing senior care for your loved one is probably one of the most difficult tasks you will ever face. What You Need to Know The key to a successful strategy for senior care is to consider how your loved one is likely to progress over the months and years ahead. The first thing you must do is talk to the professionals that are involved with your senior. They will be able to offer advice regarding the  amount of care...

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The best way to provide genuine care and assistance for an elder is to understand their needs. There might be unreasonable demands at some point, but it serves merely as an extension of their desire to realize goals that they still want to accomplish themselves. If you have been used to being independent, then you probably understand the feeling of not having control over what you can do and having to constantly depend on someone to...

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(BPT) – Virtually all parents have experienced the terror of looking up from what they were doing only to realize their child has wandered off. Your pulse races, your heart pounds and you can’t relax until your child is back in sight. As children grow up, they learn to stay put — or at least let you know where they’re going — and your fears fade. If you become a caregiver for a parent, grandparent or other loved one with...

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