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[…]read more
Caregiving and Substance Abuse – Guest Blog from The Recovery Village
Don’t Let Caregiving Stress Turn Into Substance Abuse Caregiving involves a higher level of responsibility than most careers: You foster the health and well-being of someone other than yourself. It could be someone with a disability or disease like multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s, a loved one with a brain injury, or an elderly family[…]read more
Keep Your Style During Family Holiday Meals
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[…]read more
Foresight for Caregivers – Executing a Will – Part 2
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[…]read more
Foresight for Caregivers: Executing a Will – Part 1
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?[…]read more
The Caregivers Guide to Hacking
Hacking, Phishing, Spoofing, Pharming, Scamming, Malware, Scareware, Ransomware, Spyware, Virus, Worm. So many terms. So many concerns. Caregivers have enough to worry about without having to worry about recovering from a computer hack. Therefore, it’s increasingly important to educate the people we care for about the digital invaders trying to hack their personal information and[…]read more
The Family Caregiver
As a Caregiver, This Counts as Care: One way I provide caregiver help is with administrative issues. As a caregiver, I know that eventually, the day will come when I will need to settle my parents’ affairs (or so I hope, given I outlive them). That’s why I recently followed my own advice, from a[…]read more
Caregiver Resources from ElderImpact
Sometimes it just makes sense to pass along valuable information for caregivers, put together by another source who focuses on eldercare. We recently came across ElderImpact, which shared a list of articles that might help caregivers. From ElderImpact: With more and more people joining the ranks of seniors these days, there really can’t be enough information[…]read more
Cravaats for Caregiving
Adult Bibs Help With Caregiving In all our talk about caregiving, I thought it was worth revisiting why this topic is relevant to DinerWear®. Something we’ve heard time and time again from caregivers is that wearing a clothing protector to avoid food stains at meals means avoiding having to change clothes during the day. Our[…]read more
Finding Peace in Caregiving
Fresh Optimism in Spring As the new leaves and flowers spring up, I thought it was the perfect time to get back to talking about optimism in caregiving. As a caregiver, we’re often buried in the stress of a long list of To Do’s. When someone suggests that you should take time for yourself, you[…]read more