caregiver fatigue

Dementia Communication: 6 Ways to Reduce Frustration and Preserve Connection

Dementia can change how a person understands and responds to conversation. These six practical communication strategies can reduce frustration, build trust and help families preserve meaningful connection.

What Your Informal Caregiver Would Love for You to Know

Although serving as an informal caregiver is highly rewarding, it can also be physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding. If you’re an independent senior who relies upon an informal caregiver, these are some things that they might want you to know. 

5 Tips to Create a Caregiving To-Do List and Stick to It

Many people use to-do lists when planning a vacation, home improvement project or for managing their personal finances. If you’re one of the millions of Americans who take care of an aging in place loved one, a to-do list is also important so that you can more efficiently balance those informal caregiving duties with a household, job and kids.

Avoid Letting Caregiving Adversely Affect Your Marriage and Family Life

Your aging in place elderly mother has been in declining health for several years now. She lives nearby, so you and your spouse take turns providing mom with the care she needs. But you both also have jobs, a household and two active children to manage. Some days you and your spouse hardly see one another at all, and now the kids are starting to complain. What should you do?

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