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5 Tips For Caregivers To Better Manage Their Time
Time is precious when you are caring for a loved one. There is so much to do for them, and you only have 24 hours a day. Being a caregiver requires endless amounts of empathy, patience, and energy. Thus, if you are caring for a family member or a loved one, it is...
The Beauty Of Personally Taking Care Of An Elderly Loved One
Home is where the health is. Staying at home means being surrounded by the familiar, which helps to create a sense of security and freedom. Growing old is a natural and inevitable part of this so-called life. Some people will lose their independence as they age and...
Vintage Sweets: Timeless American Desserts We Still Enjoy Today
From Local favorites to National Treasures, here are four essential American Sweet Recipes. Traditional American food culture gets a bad rap sometimes (it is not just burgers and fries), but when it comes to dessert, who could deny the confectionary...
Creating A Family Recipe Book
My first book, “One Caregiver’s Journey,” is a memoir of the near-decade I spent as the sole 24/7 caregiver for my mother. Although the book follows the full journey, I did not decide to finish the manuscript, have it professionally edited, and published until nearly...
Thinking of Self-Publishing?
Are you thinking of taking that project off the back burner, dusting it off, and finishing it? Once it is ready to go, are you thinking of self-publishing it for the world? It has been three years since I published my first book and a year since I published my second...
Cooking as a Community: The Impact of the Pandemic
For the past two years, the world has been going through many significant challenges. The pandemic is an unprecedented event nobody was prepared to experience. What's more, it isn't like the typical seasonal disease. Its effects weren't just limited to the infectious...
Taking Care of Someone Means Taking Care of Yourself
Caregivers are some of the most selfless unsung heroes in the service industry. They make sure they provide the best care they can to those in need. Caregivers find gratification in providing care and meeting others’ needs. Because of this, they can easily overlook...
Behavior Modification: How Caregivers Deal with Challenging Behaviors
Sometimes, disease can cause changes in a patient’s behavior. And no matter how much people try to associate this shift with the illness, one can’t help but get affected by these actions. As someone appointed to take care of them, one begs the question: how do...
Top Side Hustles for Caregivers That Are Just as Rewarding
For caregivers looking to make an extra income, there are many opportunities that are available. However, that's not to say that they will be the most appropriate fit for someone that's in a caregiver role. Nonetheless, there are a few side hustles that senior...
Fine Cooking: How To Salvage Chicken Catastrophes
For most people, the food most abused in a cookout is chicken. You can try scraping off that bitter, black coating, but its flavor and aroma (what chefs call "Eau de ashtray") flavor the meat. Sometimes things go wrong. We all have the occasional "off" days. That goes...
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