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 […]
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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
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When you are dealing with all the challenges of caring for a loved, be sure to put optimism on your caregiving checklist. As Theodore Roosevelt said, “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” It may seem obvious, but sometimes, when we’re in the throws of a loved one in crises, we might forget to take
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Being prepared for recovery at home is necessary whether you are returning directly from the hospital or from a rehabilitation facility. Because patients are rarely released at 100% from either facility, there is usually a transition period to get you up to 100%. Therefore it’s good to consider your needs so you will be fully
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As a follow up to last week, we’re providing a Packing Checklist – Post Hospital Rehab Stay to help save you time, and help make move-in/move-out go more smoothly for you or a loved one. Unlike a hospital, a transitional rehabilitation center will expect you to have your own personal items during care because you will be
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When we talk about prevention we basically mean that we want to avoid bad or negative outcomes. How do you avoid negative outcomes? By doing things that will result in a positive outcome. For example, if you want to cross a dark room and don’t want to trip and fall, then you do turn on
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