Caregivers Often Neglect Their Mental Health
The most common disorder among the caregivers was panic disorder, which affected 16 people (8%). Only about 3% of the general US population exhibits this disorder, according to the study authors, so the finding suggests caregivers may be more at ... [... more]
American Cancer Society |
Caregivers
Interventions: Procedure: educational intervention; Procedure: exercise intervention; Procedure: management of therapy complications; Procedure: manipulative and body-based intervention procedure; Procedure: mind-body intervention procedure; ... [... more]
Clinical Trials |
Lifting Techniques For Home Caregivers
Place your arms around the person's back and clasp your hands together, nurses, physical therapists, and others in hospitals often use lifting belts, which are fastened around a person's waist. The caregiver grasps the belt when lifting the ... [... more]
AAOS |
Guide For Caregivers
Advance medical directives preserve a person's right to accept or reject medical treatment. They are essential tools for maintaining personal control in the event of incapacitating illness or disability. Medical directives come in two forms. Both ... [... more]
National MS Society |
Taking Care Of You: Self-Care For Family Caregivers
We hear this often: "My husband is the person with Alzheimer's, but now I'm the one in the hospital!" Such a situation is all too common. Researchers know a lot about the effects of caregiving on health and well being. For example, if you are a ... [... more]
Family Caregiver Alliance |
Hands-On Skills For Caregivers
Allow for Their Reality. Remember to accept your loved one's reality, even when assisting with a physical task. If, for example, your spouse becomes shy because he/she thinks that you are a sibling and doesn't want to get undressed in front of ... [... more]
Family Caregiver Alliance |
Older Patients With Caregivers And Assistance For ...
The NHHCS data reveal that although men were more likely to live with their primary caregiver, women were more likely to receive formal services related to personal care. This demonstrates that informal caregivers, particularly of older women, do ... [... more]
Centers for Disease Control |
Proactive Caregiving
Speak up for your Rights: NFCA encourages and stresses the importance of arming yourself with vital information regarding your loved one's diagnosis and treatment options. Having the proper information is the gold standard in achieving the ... [... more]
thefamilycaregiver.org |
Caring For The Person With Als
The person with late-stage ALS will need to have his basic hygiene and skin care provided by others. Nurses at your MDA clinic or ALS center may be able to provide you with guidance in this kind of care, but you may wish to arrange for a visiting ... [... more]
als-mda.org |
Respite: What Caregivers Need Most
Working in close partnership with its sister agencies in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the AoA is the official Federal agency dedicated to policy development, planning and the delivery of supportive home and community-based ... [... more]
aoa.dhhs.gov |
Caregivers And Disaster Planning: It's All About Details
A caregiver may be responsible for an individual who can't walk or see, or has developmental or cognitive disabilities or is otherwise vulnerable, if left alone, in an emergency situation. Other than preparing the typical components of a disaster ... [... more]
fema.gov |
Caring For Caregivers
For instance, in an upcoming article in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Gallagher Thompson analyzed the effectiveness of an in-home behavioral management intervention for Chinese-American women caring for elder relatives with ... [... more]
apa.org |
