Caregiving Happens! November is National Family Caregivers Month
Our family caregivers are our “unsung heroes” in providing crucial, and absolutely necessary, help and assistance their loved ones. Understand; a “family caregiver” is ANYONE…
Caregiving
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anxiety | caregiver care | caregiver self-care | compassion fatigue | exercise | mental health awareness | mindfulness | trauma
Dealing with “Compassion Fatigue”: Self-Care Builds Your Resilience!
Balanced and abundant living is what this website is all about. We want our lives to be as balanced and healthy as possible on what…
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caregiver self-care | Caregiving | Emotionally Abundant Living | Physically Abundant Living | positive aspects of caregiving | Socially Abundant Living | Spiritually Abundant Living
4 Benefits of Supporting Others: It’s Better to Give Than Receive!
I discussed elements of caregiving quite a bit last month. It’s because caregiving, and personally providing care for others, is a crucial, timely, and relevant…
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10 of the Best Self-Care Tips for Family Caregivers
Being a family caregiver is felt like an act of love and honor by many family caregivers. But caregiver burnout and stress usually comes with…
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adult care centers | caregiver care | caregiver resources | Caregiving | respite care | Sandwich Generation | senior centers
Senior Centers and Adult Care Centers: Good for You and Your Loved One!
As members of the “sandwich generation,” many of us are either still working or retired and are caregivers. Regardless of your age range in this…
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caregiver care | caregiver resources | Caregiving | Medicaid waivers | respite care | Sandwich Generation
Respite Care: A Great Tool for Avoiding Caregiver Burnout
When my husband and I were caring for my dad in our home, there came a time when we realized that we needed time to…
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Home Health Care Services: Medicare as a Resource
Many of us who fall under the traditional “sandwich generation” category of a caregiver are more than likely looking after someone covered under Medicare. Home…
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anxiety | caregiver care | caregiver resources | caregiver stress | Caregiving | Emotionally Abundant Living | Sandwich Generation
The “Sandwich Generation”: Our Need for Balanced, Abundant Living
After last week’s blog addressing the needs of “The Unintentional Caregiver”, I came to a profound realization: The majority of “us”- not only in the…
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aging in place | caregiver care | caregiver resources | caregiver stress | Caregiving | Emotionally Abundant Living | Financially Abundant Living | Physically Abundant Living
The Unintentional Caregiver
For the majority of us, becoming an “unintentional caregiver” is (or will be) a guaranteed part of our life. According to the 2020 report from…
