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‘I Put My Own Life on Hold’: The Pain and Joy of Caring for Parents

By Aidan Gardiner — 2019

After The Times published a pair of articles on elder care—one about a Connecticut home health aide and another about women forgoing careers to care for older relatives—hundreds of our readers shared their own experiences with the hardships of trying to make the final years of a loved one’s life comfortable.

Read on www.nytimes.com

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Self-Care for Caregivers: A Twelve Step Approach

Are you one of the growing number of people who serves as a caregiver for an aging or chronically ill friend or family member? If so, you probably struggle to meet both their special needs and still find time and resources for yourself. But now there is reason to take heart.

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Pat Samples, Diane Larsen, Marvin Larsen
2025
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Prevent Caregiver Burnout

For those taking care of a loved one with a mental illness, it can be hard to look out for one’s own well-being. Practicing good self-care may be one of the most important things you do to prevent caregiver burnout.

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2020
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How to Avoid Caregiver Burnout | The Doctors

Connie is part of the “sandwich generation,” who cares for their young children and aging parents at the same time. Caregiver advocate and TV host Leeza Gibbons and Connie join The Doctors to share how to avoid caregiver burnout.

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2017
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Self-Care for Caregivers | Linda Ercoli | TEDxUCLA

This talk will outline important coping strategies for people who care for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

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2018
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Caregiver Work-Life Balance Is Essential to Building Caregiver Resilience

Caregiver work-life balance is essential to building caregiver resilience. Understand some simple steps to take to build your resilience.

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2019
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How to Manage Compassion Fatigue in Caregiving | Patricia Smith | TEDxSanJuanIsland

Caregivers are often so busy caring for others that they tend to neglect their own emotional, physical, and spiritual health. Studies confirm that caregivers play host to a high level of compassion fatigue.

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2017
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When and How to Ask for Help

The best ways to ask for help as a caregiver.

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2020
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Living Beyond Limits: New Hope and Help for Facing Life-Threatening Illness

A pioneer in the world of mind-body healing, the author provides support and guidance for those living with life-threatening illness, showing how, with the help of support groups, people can live longer and fuller lives.

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David Spiegel
1993
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Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving—A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma

I have Complex PTSD [Cptsd] and wrote this book from the perspective of someone who has experienced a great reduction of symptoms over the years. I also wrote it from the viewpoint of someone who has discovered many silver linings in the long, windy, bumpy road of recovering from Cptsd.

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Pete Walker
2013
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We cannot make another person change his or her steps to an old dance, but if we change our own steps, the dance no longer can continue in the same predictable pattern.

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Harriet Lerner
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