Celebrate Being You

6 Ways to Celebrate Life as a Caregiver in Your Senior Years

Being a caregiver for the elderly is tough. It can take a physical and mental toll on your body. How much tougher is it when caregivers are in their senior years? If you’ve reached retirement age, you probably want to enjoy some well-earned leisure time. But you may find the days passing too swiftly if you are caring for a senior loved one. You can’t slow them down, of course, but you can make each…

Caring for Your Parents When They are Older

Caring for Your Parents When They are Older – Long Distance Caregiving

Are you faced with long distance caregiving? It can become very challenging and presents possibilities for more problems than in home care. However, in today’s world, it’s not always possible for children to be close to their parents when they get older, because of their job, or other responsibilities. When kids grow up, they tend to move all over the United States in search for a better job and a better future for their families.…

Tips for Caregivers Helping Seniors with Dementia

Care Giving with a Heart – Why Showing That You Care Can Mean So Much to Alzheimer's Patients

Virginia held back a tear as she reminisced the days of spending time together with her mother when they were both younger. “My mother taught her girls everything they needed to know about cooking, sewing, or anything else a girl should know about,” she said, as she pulled the covers up on her mother’s bed. Unfortunately, her mother could barely get out of the bed these days. Instead of teaching, she needed the assistance of…