Caregiving Means: Caring for Them, for Yourself, and Letting Go

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Caregiving means helping others through traumatic times AND learning to let go while retaining your own physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. As First Lady Rosalynn Carter famously observed, “There Continue Reading →

How Can Caregivers Ask for Help Without Guilt: 5 Ways to Begin

How Can Caregivers Ask for Help  5 Ways to Begin! Being a caregiver is one of the greatest acts of love. It can also be one of the hardest jobs Continue Reading →

Calm Your Mind Easily While Being a Full-Time Caregiver

Calm Your Mind – Ideas Include Some Surprisingly EASY Steps! Dear Caregivers, If you’re reading this between appointments, medication schedules, and the quiet moments when your patient or loved one Continue Reading →

Estate Planning Guide for Family Caregivers: Make It Easier!

Estate Planning Guide for Caregivers Author: Shannon Sapp, Co-Founder of Flourishing Beyond Cancer and Owner of Signature Designs by SAS Estate Planning was a world unknown to me until my Continue Reading →

Personal Care Agreement: How to Get Paid for Home Caregiving

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Personal Care Agreement | How Caregivers May Be Paid by Their Families for Caregiving Services The Core Tool: A Personal Care Agreement  A practical strategy to ease the economic burden Continue Reading →

Dementia Travel Tips for Caregivers:Sleep-over Success

Dementia Travel Tips Planning a trip? Our Sleep-over Success guide offers essential dementia travel tips for caregivers to manage their person’s routines, reduce anxiety and enjoy the time away. Setting Continue Reading →

Dementia: Flights of Fantasy ~ “In-Between” Stages

Dementia-Flights of FantasyImage depicts man in a wheelchair with his head and brain floating outside the body as he deals with dementia.

Dementia: Flights of Fantasy ~ Let’s Talk About It! Dementia: Flights of Fantasy When Clarity and Confusion Collide: Caring Through the “In-Between” Stage of Dementia If you care for someone Continue Reading →

Signs of Caregiver Overload

 Caregiver Overload – What are the Early Warning Signs that we can observe BEFORE Obvious Burnout? I’m organizing these in the order they typically appear in seasoned, highly responsible caregivers. Continue Reading →

Caregiver Stressors | Six Must Be Addressed | SPICED!

Caregiver Stressors cannot only diminish a person’s ability to provide care, but can also cause the caregiver to need care! It is important to understand that every caregiver is equally Continue Reading →