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A Not-To-Do List for Caregivers of the Chronically Ill

By Toni Bernhard — 2014

Six items that belong on a not-to-do list for those unsung heroes: caregivers.

Read on www.psychologytoday.com

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How to Cope When a Loved One Has a Serious Mental Illness

How mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and major depressive disorder can affect family and friends.

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Shirley M. Glynn, PhD, Karen Kangas, EdD, and Susan Pickett, PhD
2015
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Coping with Sickness

When a parent, caregiver, or other loved one becomes ill with COVID-19 and is isolated, the whole family struggles. But there are ways to comfort and reassure children, to offer clear honest explanations, and to stay connected to the person who is sick.

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Sesame Street in Communities
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8 Ways to Support Someone Dealing with a Health Crisis

When someone you love falls ill, gets in an accident or receives a scary health diagnosis, it’s never easy. In fact, it may be the hardest thing you’ll ever have to face. Unfortunately, it’s also inevitable that we’ll all deal with this kind of situation in life.

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Locke Hughes
2018
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Coping with Anticipatory Grief

Coping with anticipatory grief is different than coping with the grief after someone dies (conventional grief). You may have mixed feelings as you find yourself in that delicate place of maintaining hope, while at the same time beginning to let go.

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Lynne Eldridge
2019
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5 Lessons from Having an Ill Family Member

Illness is a part of life. People are born, grow up, strive to be healthy, but there is always a chance that illness will strike at any given moment.

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Jacob Cashman
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7 Keys to Coping with a Loved One’s Serious Illness

An interview with a psychologist whose wife has cancer and had a stroke.

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Marty Nemko
2017
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9 Common Types of Guilt People with Chronic Illness Experience

If someone were to ask you what the hardest part of living with chronic illness is, they might expect you to respond with one of the physical symptoms you experience, or perhaps how this symptom affects your ability to do certain activities.

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Paige Wyant
2018
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Caregiver Stress: Tips for Taking Care of Yourself

Caring for a loved one strains even the most resilient people. If you’re a caregiver, take steps to preserve your own health and well-being.

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Mayo Clinic Staff
2020
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Helping Your Child Cope with a Chronically Ill Parent

In 1990, my mother wrote an article for the Journal of Contemporary Dialysis and Nephrology [1] instructing parents with chronic illness on how to help their children cope.

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Rebecca B. Skolnick
2018
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Handling a Loved One’s Illness