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Articles for Caregivers

For young adults, caregiving isn't just hard. It can shape you for life
1 day, 1 hour ago

For young adults, caregiving isn't just hard. It can shape you for life

NPR  

For young adults, caregiving isn't just hard. And it's only in recent years that researchers in health sciences have started probing the experience of young caregivers like him to understand it better. When social scientist Feylyn Lewis, now at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, spoke to young adult caregivers for her 2017 dissertation, they told her that caregiving shaped their …

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Caring for a loved one? Here's your mental health guide to prevent burnout
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Caring for a loved one? Here's your mental health guide to prevent burnout

Hindustan Times  

Caring for a loved one can be incredibly rewarding but it is also one of the toughest jobs anyone can take on. 40% of caregivers face depression: Tips to protect your well-being In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Neerja Agarwal, Co-Founder of mental health platform - Emoneeds, shared, “Often, caregivers put their own needs aside, which can lead to …

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Number of Dutch with dementia to increase over 66% by 2040
1 month, 1 week ago

Number of Dutch with dementia to increase over 66% by 2040

NL Times  

The number of Netherlands residents with dementia will increase significantly in the coming years, as will the need for informal carers to look after them. Due to the aging population, that is expected to increase to 500,000 people with dementia, needing 1.3 million informal carers. This is difficult because someone with dementia ultimately requires 24/7 care,” Gerjoke Wilmink, director of …

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Caregiving can be a tough, lonely mission. One daughter found ways to reconnect
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Caregiving can be a tough, lonely mission. One daughter found ways to reconnect

NPR  

Caregiving can be a tough, lonely mission. One daughter found ways to reconnect toggle caption Eugene Richards for NPR Dawn Shedrick is matter-of-fact about the heartbreaks of caregiving. toggle caption Eugene Richards for NPR Shedrick didn’t call herself a caregiver at the time. “Witnessing her experiencing this awful — and that’s putting it nicely — awful disease, has been really …

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Will Harris' plan to expand Medicare and cover home care costs work?
2 months, 1 week ago

Will Harris' plan to expand Medicare and cover home care costs work?

Salon  

Wilson, an entrepreneur in Atlanta, Georgia, knows what it’s like firsthand to care for an older family member. In the earlier stages of her dementia diagnosis, his late grandmother lived with him, which he described as both “rewarding and challenging.” “Later, she moved to my uncle’s home in D.C., where he had access to additional resources to support her care,” …

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Kamala Harris Proposes Major Initiative To Help Millions Of Seniors — And Their Caregivers
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Kamala Harris Proposes Major Initiative To Help Millions Of Seniors — And Their Caregivers

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Tuesday proposed a major new initiative: expanding Medicare to cover the cost of long-term care at home. “Especially if they work, we’re finding that so many are then having to leave their job, which means losing a source of income, not to mention the emotional stress.” Harris pledged to finance the …

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How to care for a parent at the end of life.
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How to care for a parent at the end of life.

Slate  

hosts love helping listeners find the answers they need. On this episode: Courtney Martin and her brother, Chris, open up about how their father’s dementia has led them to upend their own lives in order to become his caregivers. To help Courtney and Chris talk through what comes next, Carvell Wallace welcomes Dr. Allison Applebaum, whose book Stand by Me …

Who Cares for the Caregivers?
3 months ago

Who Cares for the Caregivers?

Slate  

Nearly half of healthcare workers are at a breaking point, describing that they often or very often feel burnt out on the job. Psychiatrist Dr. Jessi Gold knows this firsthand when her mental overload caused her to make an unthinkable mistake with a patient. On this week’s episode of Well, Now Maya and Kavita speak with Dr. Gold about her …

Mom, brother, grandfather and caregivers are charged with starving 7-year-old disabled boy to death
3 months, 1 week ago

Mom, brother, grandfather and caregivers are charged with starving 7-year-old disabled boy to death

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A mother, grandfather, adult brother and two caregivers in Florida have been charged with the starvation death of a 7-year-old disabled boy who weighed 7 pounds and had bones poking through his skin when he was found dead on Christmas, officials announced Wednesday. Deonte’s 37-year-old mother, Michelle Doe, his 21-year-old brother, Tyreck Irvin, and his 33-year-old …

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How parents and caregivers can evaluate the research on MERT and other potential treatments
3 months, 2 weeks ago

How parents and caregivers can evaluate the research on MERT and other potential treatments

LA Times  

Firsthand accounts of a therapy’s life-changing effects can be powerfully compelling. If you go to a clinic website and they have dozens of quotes from parents saying, ‘This changed my child’s life in XYZ ways,’ that isn’t the same as evidence,” said Zoe Gross of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, a nonprofit group run by and for autistic adults. “If …

Aging population spurs spate of new caring professions
4 months, 1 week ago

Aging population spurs spate of new caring professions

China Daily  

Photo taken with a mobile phone shows a senior resident getting into a "Bath Express" vehicle with the help of bath assistants in Southwest China's Chongqing, Sept 27, 2022. With the number of elderly people rising, China is witnessing an increase in the number of new professions in the expanding elderly care sector. In Shanghai, which has one of the …

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Maryland’s Moore joins former US Sen. Elizabeth Dole to help veterans’ caregivers
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Maryland’s Moore joins former US Sen. Elizabeth Dole to help veterans’ caregivers

Associated Press  

Wes Moore joined former U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole on Tuesday to announce that Maryland will work with her foundation to support military and veteran caregivers. Moore, who served as a paratrooper and captain in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, said joining the Elizabeth Dole Foundation Hidden Heroes campaign will help raise awareness about resources available for families of veterans and …

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Books to offer solace to patients, caregivers at Ernakulam General Hospital
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Books to offer solace to patients, caregivers at Ernakulam General Hospital

The Hindu  

Spending time in hospitals can often be stressful with all the agonising cries and anxiety over well-being, making one yearn for a diversion of mind. The Ernakulam Public Library plans to do just that by putting up a few hundred books for patients and bystanders alike at the Ernakulam General Hospital. To begin with, the library on the first floor …

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Care for the caregivers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Care for the caregivers

New Indian Express  

The number is higher among female medicos — 2.5 times more likely than the general female population. According to a recent study published in the Indian Journal of Psychiatry, as many as 358 doctors died by suicide in India between 2010 and 2019, including 125 medical students, 105 house surgeons, and 128 doctors. In Kerala, studies are being taken up …

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Karnataka fills up posts reserved for persons with disabilities, but problems persist
6 months ago

Karnataka fills up posts reserved for persons with disabilities, but problems persist

The Hindu  

Shobha V., a senior assistant in the Hubballi Electricity Supply Company, uses her personal wheelchair at all times. According to data provided by the Disability Commission, the Human Resource Management System report of 2022 showed that the government of Karnataka employed 249 persons with disabilities in Group A jobs, 688 in Group B, 10,038 in Group C, and 927 in …

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Checking in with a couple advocating for ALS patients and caregivers
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Checking in with a couple advocating for ALS patients and caregivers

NPR  

Checking in with a couple advocating for ALS patients and caregivers NPR's Juana Summers checks in with Brian Wallach, who has been living with ALS for seven years, and his wife Sandra Abrevaya on their ongoing advocacy for ALS patients, families and caregivers. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Last year at this time, we introduced you to two people trying to change …

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Managing children's sugar consumption: Tips for parents and caregivers to promote balanced diet
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Managing children's sugar consumption: Tips for parents and caregivers to promote balanced diet

Hindustan Times  

Sugar refers to both naturally occurring sugar and free sugar where naturally occurring sugar is found in fruits, vegetables, some grains as well as lactose in milk and dairy products while free sugar is defined as all monosaccharides and disaccharides which have been added to foods and beverages by manufacturer, cook or consumer plus sugar naturally present in honey, syrups, …

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They sacrificed to care for family and ended up on the street
6 months, 3 weeks ago

They sacrificed to care for family and ended up on the street

NPR  

They sacrificed to care for family and ended up on the street toggle caption Alyson Aliano for NPR/Alyson Aliano When Wymon Johnson invited his older brother Obie to move into his one-bedroom apartment in Bakersfield, California, it was supposed to be temporary. “It’s not just babysitting.” Sponsor Message Johnson earned minimum wage through a state program called In-Home Supportive Services …

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Adult day services provide stimulation for older Americans, and respite for full-time caregivers
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Adult day services provide stimulation for older Americans, and respite for full-time caregivers

The Independent  

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Adult day services provide stimulation for older Americans, and respite for full-time caregivers
7 months ago

Adult day services provide stimulation for older Americans, and respite for full-time caregivers

Associated Press  

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Sally White helps her husband of 46 years get dressed, fed and on the bus for the short ride from their home to Third Age Adult Day Center four mornings a week. When he’s at Third Age, I clean the house and try to get errands done.” For thousands of older Americans like the Whites, Third Age …

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Black men are a hidden segment of caregivers. It's stressful but rewarding, too
7 months ago

Black men are a hidden segment of caregivers. It's stressful but rewarding, too

NPR  

Black men are a hidden segment of caregivers. It's stressful but rewarding, too Enlarge this image toggle caption Ashley Milne-Tyte for NPR Ashley Milne-Tyte for NPR Robert Turner didn't expect the last 24 hours to go this way. "Black men in America, given our profile and treatment, many men feel as though life is stressful on so many different levels," …

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Children and traumatic head injuries: Guide with dos and don'ts for parents and caregivers
8 months ago

Children and traumatic head injuries: Guide with dos and don'ts for parents and caregivers

Hindustan Times  

Traumatic brain injury is seen to be one of the leading causes of disability and death in children where the patients from the age group below 15 years account for 20-30% of all head injuries cases presenting to hospitals and India comprises of 35% population of this age group. Children and traumatic head injuries: Guide with dos and don'ts for …

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A selfcare guide for caregivers of bipolar patients
8 months ago

A selfcare guide for caregivers of bipolar patients

Live Mint  

In a recent interview, Pakistani actor Mahira Khan opened up about her struggle with bipolar disorder, which was triggered about 6-7 years ago. Caregivers are often at a loss while dealing with bipolar patients, which frequently leads to caregiver burnout. “Try to find out as much as you can about the bipolar disorder condition, either through the internet or discussing …

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Wildbuzz: I can do it on my own: Bani
9 months, 1 week ago

Wildbuzz: I can do it on my own: Bani

Hindustan Times  

* We can do a lot, even without legs. The next stage will be to get Bani to walk a few steps,” Wildlife SOS veterinary officer Dr. E. Gochalan told this writer. The Wildlife SOS released a pithy, thoughtful and empathetic perspective: “It is tempting to call this an unfortunate accident, but in reality, 186 elephants have been killed on …

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