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How sound travels from the air to the nerve signals the brain interprets. Key takeaways Outer and middle ear: conduct sound; problems here cause condu...
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Providing unpaid support to someone who could not manage without it. Many family caregivers do not see themselves as one, and naming the role is what...
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Providing unpaid support to someone who could not manage without it. Key takeaways Family caregivers: tens of millions of Americans provide unpaid car...
Continue Reading : Recognizing Yourself as a Caregiver: The Questions People Actually Ask
Physical and emotional exhaustion from sustained caregiving without enough recovery. Caregivers are more likely to report stress , depression and poor...
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Physical and emotional exhaustion from sustained caregiving without enough recovery. Key takeaways Linked to: depression, anxiety, poor sleep and wors...
Continue Reading : Caregiver Burnout: The Questions People Actually Ask
Maintaining your own health while responsible for someone else's. Caregivers routinely put off their own care, and that is often how caregivers e...
Continue Reading : Caring and Your Own Health: What to Do, in Order
Maintaining your own health while responsible for someone else's. Key takeaways Flu vaccine: recommended every year for everyone 6 months and old...
Continue Reading : Caring and Your Own Health: The Questions People Actually Ask The services, equipment and help available to unpaid caregivers. A great deal exists and very little of it is offered unprompted. Key takeaways Area A...
Continue Reading : A Working Checklist for Practical Support for Caregivers
The services, equipment and help available to unpaid caregivers. Key takeaways Area Agencies on Aging: local hubs for caregiver support, respite, meal...
Continue Reading : Practical Support for Caregivers: Common Questions Answered Supporting someone whose memory, reasoning and communication are changing. Behavior that looks deliberate is usually communication, and reading it tha...
Continue Reading : Caring for Someone with Dementia: A Practical Checklist
Supporting someone whose memory, reasoning and communication are changing. Key takeaways Distress behavior: usually communicates pain, fear, boredom o...
Continue Reading : Caring for Someone with Dementia: The Questions People Actually Ask Children and teenagers providing care for a family member. It can affect school and mental health, and most young caregivers are not noticed until som...
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Children and teenagers providing care for a family member. Key takeaways Who they are: children and teens helping care for a parent, grandparent or si...
Continue Reading : Answers to the Common Questions on Young Caregivers Supporting someone you do not live near. It brings its own problems — you cannot see decline happen, and you rely on what you are told. Key takeaways...
Continue Reading : Caring at a Distance: A Practical Checklist Supporting someone you do not live near. Key takeaways Medical alert systems: wearable buttons and sensors that summon help Pill organizers and bliste...
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