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National advice for caregivers

Caregivers - Keeping your hopes real

How many times since you became a caregiver has someone said “hang in there” to you? Probably dozens - but what does it really mean...
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Honor our caregivers

There are groups in our community that we hardly hear about, or speak of; they are the unsung heroes. They are the caregivers of our elderly; our...
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The Psychology of Survival: Cognitive Behavior

Cognition is, quite simply put, mental processes.Psychology Todayidentifies these processes as both the overt - as in those of conscious reasonsing...
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Elder care improves when the quality of "touch" improves

From infancy to adulthood, expressive touch, or nurturing, caring touch is a basic need of all human beings.Unfortunately,due to common negative...
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Finding Alzheimer's caregiver support

Alzheimer's disease is a type of demenita, or loss of memory, thinking and reasoning. Alzheimer's gradually gets worse over time and there...
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Author of "The Happiest Baby on the Block" presents the 5 S's and more

On September 15, 2011, Dr. Harvey Karp,author of The Happiest Baby on the Block and The Happiest Toddler on the Block, will present in-personthe 5...
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Support for caregivers of veterans in Omaha

When her mother said that she needed assistance, Savanah relocated from Milwaukee to Omaha to become her mother’s full-time caregiver. Her...
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When it's time to take Dad's keys

No matter how old, Mom will never lose her power to wield your sub-conscience into submission. Maybe it stems from one of the oldest child plagues...
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Words of advice to new caregivers

There are times in life when the blur of appointments, emails, plans, work, homework, speeding up, and catching up, leaves little room to notice...
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Caregivers: Overcoming temporary burnout

Caregivers are constantly being told to beware of burnout. But how do you know if you even suffer from it? And if you do, how do you know what to...
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