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 Care for a Bed Bound Senior

Caring for a bed bound senior is one of the most demanding and time-consuming scenarios a family caregiver can face. But providing your loved one with the care they need is possible when you follow these tips from the pros.

By First In Care|2019-08-19T15:53:57-04:00August 26th, 2019|Categories: Senior Care Advice|Tags: bed bound, bedridden, caregiver fatigue, hygiene, Incontinence, personal hygiene services, respite care|

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|

What can a Home Care Worker Do for Me?

As seniors get older, it can become more and more challenging to handle daily tasks and to manage living independently in a single-family home. A retirement community, assisted living center or nursing home are always options, of course, but many times seniors want to spend this season late in life in the places they love and doing the things they enjoy most.

By First In Care|2018-11-02T15:01:05-04:00November 5th, 2018|Categories: In-Home Private Care|Tags: Companionship, Home Care and Hospice, Home Care in Bradenton, respite care, senior nutrition, Transportation|

Time Management – Managing Your Time Effectively as a Caregiver

Time management is very challenging for caregivers. There’s so much to do for them and only so much time in one day. Managing your time effectively will enable you to accomplish everything and still live a full life. Above all, it can reduce your stress and give you a sense of control.

By First In Care|2018-08-29T16:18:44-04:00August 27th, 2018|Categories: Caregiver Wellness & Tips|Tags: Prioritize, respite care, Time Management, To-do list|

Pick-Me-Ups for Tired Caregivers

At some point, roughly 1 in 3 American adults will serve as caregivers for another family member, usually an aging parent. Being a caregiver is highly rewarding, but as time progresses the added responsibilities can be tiring. When a caregiver gets worn down, they can experience physical and mental fatigue, and later health and relationship [...]

By First In Care|2018-04-26T10:47:47-04:00April 16th, 2018|Categories: Caregiver Wellness & Tips|Tags: caregiver burnout, Family Caregiver, respite care|

How to Avoid Caregiver Burnout

Serving as a part or full-time caregiver for aging relatives is highly-rewarding, but on the flip-side it can be tiring and stressful. For example, you may be providing some daily care needs for one or both of your elderly parents, and you want to offer them the same attentive nurturing they showed you growing up. [...]