Caregiver Wellness & Tips Archives - First in Care Home Health Agency, Inc.

How to Deal with Negative Feelings as a Caregiver

Serving as a family caregiver for an aging in place elderly loved one is highly rewarding, but it can also be very hectic and exhausting at times. As a result, it’s not uncommon for a family caregiver to start developing negative feelings towards the senior they’re caring for. If those emotions are not promptly addressed, they can not only adversely affect a caregiver’s health and wellbeing, but also that of their loved one. Fortunately, working through negative feelings as a caregiver is possible by taking these steps.

By First In Care|2019-11-25T10:30:14-05:00November 25th, 2019|Categories: Caregiver Wellness & Tips|Tags: caregiver fatigue, negative emotions, negative feelings, respite care, stress relief|

How to Ask Siblings for Help When Serving as the Primary Caregiver

For the past 6 months, you’ve been taking care of your aging in place elderly mother. Your siblings live nearby but so far, they’ve been “MIA” when it comes to mom’s care. At first everything was going well, but now you’re starting to feel the stress of being a primary caregiver who’s also juggling a part-time job and household. Fortunately, there are several reliable ways to involve your siblings in a loved one’s care, starting with these.

By First In Care|2019-10-20T15:19:35-04:00October 21st, 2019|Categories: Caregiver Wellness & Tips|Tags: caregiver assistance, caregiver burnout, caregiver fatigue, respite care, siblings|

How to Involve Your Siblings in the Caregiving Process

For the past 6 months you’ve been providing some daily living assistance to your aging in place elderly mother. But with your own busy household and part-time job to manage, the added workload and stress are starting to wear you down. Your adult brothers and sisters all live nearby, but thus far they’ve been “MIA” when it comes to helping-out mom. What should you do?

By First In Care|2019-08-11T11:34:22-04:00August 12th, 2019|Categories: Caregiver Wellness & Tips|Tags: caregiver fatigue, caregiving responsibilities, caregiving team, Communication, respite care, siblings, stress relief|

Finding Time to Balance Caregiving with Work and Kids

For almost a year now you’ve been taking care of your aging in place elderly father. But trying to balance caregiving with your own job and household is starting to wear you down. In fact, it’s now reached a point where your kids and boss are starting to complain that you’re not giving them the attention they deserve. If things don’t change, dad’s health and wellbeing, along with your own, could be placed in jeopardy.

By First In Care|2019-07-13T18:56:25-04:00July 15th, 2019|Categories: Caregiver Wellness & Tips|Tags: anxiety, balance, caregiver burnout, caregiver fatigue, respite care, stress relief|

Is it Time to Consider Using a Patient Lift?

Countless family caregivers get hurt annually while assisting heavier loved ones, and back injuries and falls are common. Patient lifts are a great way to help both caregivers and patients avoid injuries, and are widely used at hospitals and nursing homes to ensure worker and care recipient safety.

By First In Care|2019-02-02T02:34:07-05:00February 11th, 2019|Categories: Caregiver Wellness & Tips|Tags: heavy lifting, lifting assistance, lifting concerns, lifts, reposition elderly|

How to Handle Caregiver Anger Before It Leads to a Blowup

You’ve started questioning your caregiving approach, and feel your emotional “fuse” getting shorter and shorter. It feels like one of these days your temper is going to explode, and you know that you’ll regret it afterwards. What should you do? Here are some effective ways to diffuse caregiver anger before it causes a serious blowup.

By First In Care|2019-01-17T03:13:01-05:00January 21st, 2019|Categories: Caregiver Wellness & Tips|Tags: Caregiver anger, caregiver burnout, caregiver fatigue, Frustration, Guilt|

5 Tips to Combat Caregiver Fatigue

Every year, millions of family members serve as caregivers for elderly loved ones who are aging in place at home, usually a parent. But the physical and emotional demands of caregiving can become overwhelming, especially when the senior’s health is in decline. Over time, stress can cause caregiver fatigue, notably if the caregiver has their own household to manage.

By First In Care|2018-12-10T04:13:30-05:00December 10th, 2018|Categories: Caregiver Wellness & Tips|Tags: Assistance, caregiver burnout, caregiver fatigue, Guilt, Support|

5 Tips For Dealing With Remote Caregiver Guilt

Guilt is a common emotion experienced by family caregivers who are providing at least some care for a senior who’s independently aging in place at home, usually their parent. Those feelings tend to intensify when that caregiver lives far away from their elderly loved one, a condition referred to as “remote caregiver guilt”.

By First In Care|2018-11-17T03:21:24-05:00November 19th, 2018|Categories: Caregiver Wellness & Tips|Tags: care, caregiver burnout, Family Caregiver, Guilt, long-distance caregiver|

10 Ways to Thank a Family Caregiver

Family caregiving is hard work. Whether you’re an adult child caring for an aging parent or a professional caregiver working long days in service to a senior, the work is taxing. If you know and admire a family caregiver, you’ve mostly likely tried to think of ways to communicate your appreciation for all that the caregiver does on a daily basis.

By First In Care|2018-09-28T00:20:04-04:00October 1st, 2018|Categories: Caregiver Wellness & Tips|Tags: Appreciation, Family Caregiver, Grateful, Thankful|

Effective Ways to Build a Caregiving Team

Everyone needs care at some point. It’s often an aging family member who relies on others for their everyday needs — and it requires a caregiving team to help meet those needs effectively. If you’re faced with leading the care of an elderly family member, here are 5 ways to build the caregiving team that’s needed to meet his or her needs.