When is it time for day care or a nursing home?
06:40 min
CLEAR ALL
This talk will outline important coping strategies for people who care for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
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.
What is shared decision making? Shared decision making relies on an individual and their families having accurate information and a clear understanding of their situation in order to make the best decision for themselves with their healthcare provider.
From a licensed therapist, here are five tips to help you when you need to ask others for help—whether it be from friends, family, or a health professional—and you don’t want to feel needy while doing so.
3
In this video, caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson discussed the inability of elderly parents with dementia to recognize the effect of their behaviors on others. Elderly parents with dementia are vulnerable and helpless.
In today’s video, we talk about the top 3 reasons why people consider nursing home care for their loved ones with dementia. The three reasons include: safety concerns, loss of bowel control, and extreme caregiver stress and burnout.
Caregiver tips for learning to accept a different reality, for being patient and kind.
Dementia is a problem of the elderly, right? Generally that's true. But there is one form of the disease that can strike people when they are very young, in their twenties or even their teens. It's called Frontotemporal Dementia, or FTD.
How do we create a healthier relationship with anger? Most of us either stuff our anger or we suddenly find ourselves erupting in rage.
1
The impact of meditation on cultivating more positive emotional qualities.