7 Proven Self-Care Tips for Family Caregivers

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Being a family caregiver requires a high level of compassion and personal sacrifice, and it’s easy to neglect your own health and interests. But in order to be a good caregiver, you must practice self-care, too. Here are some tips we put together with the help of HelpGuide.org.

1. Take time to de-stress daily. Practice yoga or meditation, take a walk or bicycle ride, listen to relaxing music, or simply unplug and enjoy silence with a free mind. Learn strategies to relieve stress in the moment, such as deep breathing, mindful meditation, or simply removing yourself from the situation for a short time.

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Enter to Win A Special Free Caregiving Package

Enter to Win a Special Free Caregiving Package 

We are giving away up to five hours of caregiving by Visiting Angels® and a case of Depend® absorbent underwear. Enter for a chance to win!

We’re introducing something new and exciting in our sweepstakes this month. In addition to an entire case of premium-quality Depend products, one lucky winner receives up to five free hours of in-home senior care from the professional care network Visiting Angels.

• One case of Depend pull-on underwear: The winner gets to choose any size of Depend absorbent underwear in the new soft peach color or popular Silhouette style for women. Men get to choose any size of Depend underwear in new neutral gray or the cloth-like Real Fit underwear. This prize is valued at up to $94.99.

• Up to five hours of caregiving by Visiting Angels: Visiting Angels living assistance services is a national, private duty network of home care agencies. The winner receives up to five hours of in-home care — with a maximum payment of $125 — from skilled elderly-care providers from a licensed, bonded and insured agency. 

For a chance to win, participants need only e-mail info@caregiverpartnership.com or mail a short statement explaining these products would be useful to him or her or a loved one. We will accept entries for this prize through July 31, 2015, and will notify the drawing winner the first week of August. Visit our “Helping You Get On With Life” sweepstakes page for details.

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About The CareGiver Partnership. The CareGiver Partnership helps caregivers and their loved ones with answers to their caregiving questions, including information about home health care products and supplies, from our Wisconsin-based team of Product Specialists who are all current or former caregivers. The company’s Web site provides the largest online library of resources on subjects most important to caregivers — from arthritis to assisted living, and Parkinson’s to prostate cancer — as well as access to more than 3,000 home care products for incontinence, skin care, mobility, home safety and daily living aids. The CareGiver Partnership was founded in 2004 by Lynn Wilson of Neenah, Wisc. Visit http://www.caregiverpartnership.com to learn more or call 1-800-985-1353.

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8 Factors Experts Use To Identify The Best Care For a Loved One

8 factors to be aware of when selecting home care. 

It’s not easy to care for a senior parent at home. Having basic information about professional home care is fundamental, not to mention that you must keep an eye on them all the time. As people age, their brain ages, too; this means that mental and physical abilities will sooner or later start to decline. When loved ones need home care, the process of persuading them to accept help often becomes challenging. The elderly prize their independence more than anything; they don’t want to depend on the kids and they certainly don’t want to become a burden to them. Following are the 8 factors experts say you should be aware of when selecting home care for your aging parent.

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The Worst Father's Day Talk With Dad

Visiting Angels created a program to help families address
"the car keys conversation" with mom or dad. 

Guest blog post by Visiting Angels

(FATHER'S DAY, SUNDAY JUNE 15th) - It’s the great debate – who’s the better driver? Mom or Dad? This Father’s Day, dads will love to hear in a recent national survey 63% of adult children say Dad’s a better driver than Mom. However, if adult children had to take away Dad’s car keys because he’s unsafe to drive, many fear Dad would get so angry he’d cut them out of the will.

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ICE Program Helps the Elderly Stay Safe In Frigid Weather

Lynn Wilson

by Lynn Wilson, Founder of The CareGiver Partnership

Visiting Angels launched “ICE: A Cell Phone Safety Campaign” in January to help keep seniors safe while away from loved ones. Programming easy-to-find emergency contact numbers into a senior’s mobile phone can save lives in dangerous weather conditions.

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3 Services for the Elderly Who Need Help at Home

Dianna Malkowksi

by Dianna Malkowski, Physician Assistant & Nutritionist

It’s common for children of the elderly to realize over the holidays that Mom or Dad may need help to stay safe and healthy at home. Here are few solutions to help improve seniors’ quality of life and increase their children’s peace of mind.

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4 Services for the Elderly Who Need Help at Home

by Dianna Malkowski, Physician Assistant & Nutritionist

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During the holidays, children of the elderly often are shocked to realize their parents are malnourished or unsafe in their home environment. Here are four solutions to help improve seniors’ quality of life and increase their children’s peace of mind.

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