The implications of later-life caregiving are considerable. Turning an elderly parent in bed, helping someone get into a car or waking up at night to provide assistance can be demanding on older bodies
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A Late-Life Surprise: Taking Care Of Frail, Aging Parents
Posted on 27 August 2018.
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Why Family Caregivers Suffer Sleep Issues
Posted on 20 May 2018.
For people who are in the workforce already, the added burden of unpaid caregiving for a family member or loved one may lead to insomnia and other sleep issues.
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Family Caregivers Overwhelmed And Undertrained
Posted on 09 October 2017.
Adult caregivers looking after aging relatives and friends have little training for their stressful roles but still find the experience rewarding.
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Caregivers Draw Support by Mapping Their Relationships
Posted on 01 October 2017.
Every time Jacque Pearson tried to devise a plan to move her 81-year-old dad, who has Alzheimer’s, from his home in Boise, Idaho, to hers in Denver, she felt stuck.
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Study: Spousal Caregivers Just Need Some Appreciation to Lift Burdens
Posted on 30 August 2017.
There aren’t many roles more stressful than caregiving. The fact that spouses often provide for their ailing partners is quite common in American life.
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How Do You Become a Really Good Daughter?
Posted on 28 August 2017.
I pick up the electric shaver. “I don’t want to hurt you,” I say to my Dad. I’ve never shaved a man before.
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