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Caregiver Hypervigilance: Help Yourself & Others Overcome It

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Hypervigilance for Caregivers Involves Constantly Scanning Your Surroundings for Impending Disaster – Always Looking for Problems – Always Expecting Problems – and Keeping the Body/Mind in a Continual State of  Continue Reading →

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

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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 →

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

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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 →