Being a caregiver to someone you love can be rewarding, but also emotionally, mentally, and physically exhausting. Caregiver fatigue, also known as caregiver burnout occurs when stress from everyday caregiving…
While aging in itself is not a reason to seek caregiver support, many elderly people are affected by different physical or mental conditions and diseases that require some form of…
Dementia is most common in people over the age of 65. Most of the people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia are aged 85 or older. However, dementia sometimes…
Responsibilities of a caregiver can vary depending on the needs of the person you are providing the care for and your relationship with that person. No matter how strong your…
Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia usually affect people over the age of 65. The possibility of developing dementia increases with age, so up to half of the people…
Caring for someone with a disability, illness, or injury can be a rewarding experience, especially if the person you care for is someone you love. However, caregiving can be tremendously…
More than 15 million people in the United States are informal, unpaid caregivers for a family member who has Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia. Formal caregivers are paid…
Dementia causes a severe decline in cognitive abilities, language, social, emotional, and behavioral skills that affect a person’s life and activities of daily living. A person with dementia struggles with…
While not so obvious as some other signs of dementia, such as memory loss, confusion, or speech impairment, anger is also one of the big challenges of dementia. Alzheimer’s and…
According to a study by the Family Caregiver Alliance, about 43 million Americans provide care without pay to aging, ill, or injured family member. For many families, unpaid care leads…