Five Tips for Sandwiched Caregivers

9:24 AM. EST January 31, 2017 The “sandwich generation” is traditionally defined as those who have a living parent and are either raising a child under age 18 or supporting an adult child. But I’d like to broaden that definition for caregivers, all of whom are sandwiched between multiple responsibilities. We care for many layers of…

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Caregiver Well-Being Linked With Quality of Cancer Patient Care

Informal caregiver well-being is associated with patient-perceived quality of care (QOC), according to a study published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Kristin Litzelman, Ph.D., from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and colleagues used data from the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance consortium to examine whether informal caregiver well-being correlated with perceived QOC among…

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Caregivers need help with burnout and finances

June 27, 2016 12:00 AM By Julian Gray and Frank Petrich Are you now a “caregiver”? Will you be one? A caregiver can be defined as a person who gives help and protection to an older or disabled person or to someone who is sick, helping manage activities of daily living such as eating, bathing,…

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5 Tips to Beat Caregiver Stress the Natural Way

Are you a caregiver who is feeling stressed out by the many demands on your time and energy? It might be tempting to relax at night with a glass (or a bottle) of wine, engage in “retail therapy,” or take part in other less-than-healthy activities. It’s okay to indulge in less-than-wholesome behaviors once in a…

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Take care of yourself so you can be a better caregiver

By Amber StirlenFrom page C2 | April 03, 2016 As more and more baby boomers enter their golden years, they find themselves taking care of aging parents, or sometimes an ailing spouse or family member. It’s never part of the plan, and it has a way of taking over your life. Ironically, when people become caregivers,…

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Fighting caregiver burnout

By John Lundy Today at 6:20 a.m. DULUTH, Minn.—When Candice Richards moved her mother here from southern Michigan, it created a new set of challenges for the Duluth woman. Although her mom, who has Alzheimer’s, is deteriorating mentally, “she’s very physically able and very hyper—never sits down or takes naps,” Richards said. “She’s always looking…

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New Utah Rules Allow Patients to Designate Caregiver

February 11, 2016 MIDVALE, Utah – A new rule in Utah gives important new rights to family caregivers when a loved one is in the hospital. The Patient Designated Caregiver Rule, proposed by AARP Utah and issued by the Utah Department of Health, allows each patient to designate a caregiver, who is notified when there…

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5 Ways to Deal With Caregiver Stress

By HALLIE LEVINE Apr 3, 2015, 3:36 AM ET We’re not called the sandwich generation for nothing. Almost a third of U.S. adults (29 percent) act as a caregiver for an ill, elderly or disabled relative, per the National Alliance for Caregiving. Of those, roughly 66 percent are female, many of them also caring for…

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