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How to Achieve and Sustain a Balanced Diet
Photo by Vanessa Loring A balanced diet consists of protein, carbs, fat, and vegetables. How much you eat of these dictates how healthy you are. Food alone isn’t the magic bullet – a body also needs to move or exercise. What foods you put in your body and what type of...
When Elder Illness Affects Children
Photo by Alex Green When an elderly relative is ill, it is important that children receive support and understanding of the situation. Many children have close relationships with siblings or grandparents. They hear conversations, observe increased activity for doctor...
Out of Time, off the Dime: Easy and Quick Meal Recipes
Photo by Thuan Pham on Unsplash When time is a luxury,putting together a quick, nutritious meal can be done in as little as 30 minutes. Putting together a decent dish doesn’t always require long, enduring hours. Here are quick meal recipes to consider when time is of...
Maintaining a Sense of Independence in Spite of Sickness
Photo by SHVETS production Maintaining a sense of independence even though you are sick to the point that someone has to care for you is very important. Being a caregiver herself and having had the experience of participating in providing home hospice care for her...
A Better Way to Lose Weight Than Fad Diets
Photo by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash The term “diet” has a primarily beneficial overtone, but depending on how it’s managed, it may have a contrary effect. Like fad diets, not all diets are healthy. In essence, diet is any combination of food providing people with...
As Fit as a Fiddle: How to Sustain a Balanced Diet
Photo by Ella Olsson A balanced diet is absolutely necessary if you're looking to live a healthy life. For down-to-earth recipes, get a taste of home in Generations Of Good Food. Health. That's an important word to remember—and maybe to take a better look at,...
Hospice Care: How Adults Can Talk to Kids About It
Photo by Ketut Subiyanto Having a loved one need hospice care is never easy, and talking to kids about it can be a daunting task that no parent or guardian would ever wants to do. But, as Eleanor Gaccetta (author of One Caregivers Journey) knows, it's a...
Dealing with Caregiver Stress
Photo by Mizuno K On several occasions, I have shared an embarrassing and angering moment I had in the grocery store. Let's talk about dealing with caregiver stress. As I stood in the checkout line, an elderly woman and her daughter were bagging their groceries as the...
Let’s Talk Fad Diets
Photo by Jane Doan My book, Generations of Good Food, has many healthy recipes and many no-so-healthy but oh-so-delicious recipes. So let's talk fad diets. The key to eating, cooking and living is to do so in moderation. A healthy diet must be made up of protein,...
New to Family Caregiving? Here’s What You Should Learn!
Photo by Jsme MILA Eleanor's guidebook for caregivers, One Caregiver's Journey, is a must-read book for anyone new to family caregiving and wanting to start things on the right foot. One Caregiver's Journey by Eleanor Gaccetta is a definite read if you are either a...
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