
As you prepare to count down to a new year, have you also considered your retirement readiness?
You may be already dealing with stress as you juggle caring for your parent with family responsibilities and holding down a job. Now that the holidays are here, the extra stress may just put you over the edge. It’s important that you, as a caregiver, take care of yourself during this busy time of year.
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The holiday season is upon us. It’s time to get ready for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s Eve—whatever holidays that you celebrate. If your parent has moved into senior living over the past year, how might that affect your holiday celebration and your long-standing family traditions? (more…)
The holidays are a wonderful time to bring family together, but they can also be a hotbed of conflict and stress. How can young and old push past political, religious, and generational divisions to find common ground and enjoy each other’s company this holiday season?
For many of us, our parents are the most difficult-to-buy-for people on our holiday shopping list. It’s hard to come up with Christmas gift ideas for parents who have everything. Or in some cases, because of physical and cognitive impairments, they may have certain limitations that curtail the gifts they can use and enjoy. …Read more ›
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In a holiday season marked by world-wide fear, anger, and uncertainty, it’s nice to hear about the charitable efforts made by people with goodwill in their hearts. A 55+ community in Bethlehem, PA came together on December 13th to light more than 1,000 luminarias at their homes to support New Bethany Ministries’ “Luminaria Night of 2014.” This is the …Read more ›
Merry Christmas!
We hope you’re having a wonderful holiday season. Here’s a quick tip to hopefully help today go smoother: If a loved one with dementia is included in your festivities and things get confusing for the person, just go with the flow—their flow, advises Boca Home Care Services in South Florida. From the agency’s blog:
All the activity is stimulating for everyone, even more so for many elderly. If you have …Read more ›
The gathering place for so much of the holidays is in the kitchen. That’s where many Christmas memories may be for people with Alzheimer’s. Laura Wayman, author of A Loving Approach to Dementia Care, has tips on how to tap into that for someone you care for. Her advice, which CNN.com shares in an article about Thanksgiving, includes:
- Fill your home with pleasant, traditional, soothing aromas. Put a couple of teaspoons …Read more ›
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