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Important Things to Consider When Taking Care of Elderly Family Members
Important Things to Consider When Taking Care of Elderly Family Members Aging is a natural part of life, and it affects each and every family. The extent to which the aging of a member affects a family may not be evident at first, but time will always come when these...
Overcoming the Common Challenges Encountered by Caregivers
Overcoming the Common Challenges Encountered by Caregivers Caregiving is not an easy and simple job. While the main responsibility of caregivers is to provide care to people, particularly to those who are sick and of old ages, caregivers also need to take care of...
Recognizing the Vital Role of Family Caregivers
Recognizing the Vital Role of Family Caregivers Caregiving is a rewarding job. More than just a career, it is a commitment. A caregiver is basically a person who attends to the needs of a dependent child or adult. More often than not, caregivers are hired...
The Fundamentals of Caregiving: How to Take Care of a Loved One?
The Fundamentals of Caregiving: How to Take Care of a Loved One? Not everyone is proficient enough when it comes to caregiving. However, sometimes, this role can be thrust upon us no matter how unknowledgeable and unprepared we are. More often than not, this happens...
Planning for Elder Care
Planning for Elder Care Elder care, also known as Senior Care, may encompass assisted living, nursing care, adult day care, hospice care and in-home care. It is a known fact that as we age there is a general decline in health. In my book, One Caregiver’s Journey,...
Five Must Read Award-winning Memoirs
Artists paint to produce their wonderful masterpieces, while writers write to be heard. Literature, aside from arts, is one of the best platform that promotes self-expression. One of the greatest genre in literature is nonfiction. Essays, journals, biographies, and...
Be Wary of “Beware” Postings
Beware is a blogging site that posts criticisms by advocacy groups for predatory marketing practices, excessive fees, high pressure sales and poor customer services used by off shore companies who have markets in the US to help authors self-publish. Beware has focused...
Meeting ReadersMagnet in Miami
My book, “One Caregiver’s Journey”, was published in March, 2019. Just prior to launching on Amazon, I was contacted by ReadersMagnet asking if they could collaborate with me on marketing and promoting the book. I was skeptical of the offer and asked a good friend...
Words Matter
It is the holiday season, a time for good food and cheer. It is also the time when people are stressed and tempers flare at the most inopportune time. I was next in the grocery store checkout lane last weekend. an elderly lady and her daughter were watching their...
Caregivers Deserve Your Gratitude
Why thank a caregiver? Have you had the opportunity to provide care to a family member or friend? I had the privilege of being my late mother’s full-time caregiver for 9 ½ years. After she broke her hip at the age of 93, I ended my forty-year career in the public...
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