In this day and age, caregiving for your parents may include more than just physical assistance. Caregiving may involve providing technical support. In other words, you may find yourself helping your parents and loved ones with computer and internet needs. Chances are, whatever their competency level is with computer technology, they have gaps in their […]
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Avoiding Dining Traps as a Time-Crunched Caregiver You’re a caregiver. Your time is stretched thin, which leads to eating out or on the go. But fast food, restaurant dining and prepared food from a grocery store may be working against you. Food is fuel. To be more precise, food delivers oxygen through your body, giving
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Food aficionado, Tori Woodill, knows the risk of eating and spilling. When armed with a Cravaat, she can dig into these mouth-watering ribs without worrying about spilling on her clothes. We agree with her that barbecue sauce makes a better “lip gloss” than a pattern on your clothes.
In-home caregivers are very much a part of the caregiving picture. Whether part-time, full-time, or just occasionally, there are a number of different sources. But when you need help and need to hire someone, you should know your options. This article from Today’s Caregiver [Hiring an In-Home Caregiver: What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You] gives
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The More You Know DinerWear® is all about caregiving, solutions, and making life easier. Having resources to go to when you need to figure things out is what makes our lives easier. It should be what every business is about—solving your problems and making your life easier. It’s what DinerWear® strives to do with our stylish
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Do More than Just Clean – De-clutter As a family caregiver, the one thing I’m sure you need more of is time. One great way to find it is to de-clutter and organize your home (and the home of the loved one you care for). Now is the perfect time. Call it spring cleaning. Just
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Caregivers are always stressed for time, so eating healthy is an extra challenge, because let’s face it, preparing fresh foods takes more prep time. But eating healthy becomes that much more critical when our lives are stressed. So, here are a few suggestions on tools and tricks that will help make it easier to prepare
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Keeping Your Clothes Clean During Holiday Meals In all our talk about caregiving, I thought it was worth revisiting this topic. Our products are designed not only to give an individual dignity while protecting their clothes from food spills, but it helps with caregiving by keeping clothes clean. Something we’ve heard time and time again
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Executing a Will – Part 2: Maneuvering Through the Family Dynamics Caregivers may find their job isn’t over after the loss of a loved one because of all the work associated with executing a will. And often it’s not just a matter of paperwork, which was covered in part 1, but a matter of maneuvering
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Executing a Will – Not as easy as you think Wills, trusts, powers-of-attorney, all make life easier for caregivers when settling an estate. But that doesn’t mean it’s a quick and simple process. One executor of an estate recently shared her experience. When asked, “Briefly, what did being an executor entail?” her response was, “Briefly?
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