Caregiver Stress
Summary: Caregivers need care, too. In this Family Caregiver Training Video Series, certified senior advisor Mary Alexander, from Home Instead Senior Care, shares valuable information for anyone who is caring for an elderly person – whether that person is a parent, other relative, or a friend. For each topic you’ll learn helpful tips to overcome challenges and be provided with resources to make your family caregiving responsibilities a rewarding and loving experience. The Family Caregiver Training Videos cover topics such as signs that care is needed, discussing difficult topics with your aging parent, how to communicate with healthcare providers, helping your parents with their finances, managing long-distance caregiving, how to know if an in-home care provider can help, protecting your older loved one’s safety and rights, and other issues that are importantnt to those caring for an aging parent, grandparent, or friend. Each brief video presents a wealth of useful information in straightforward, easy-to-understand language.
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In this video series, certified senior advisor Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care introduces the 50-50 Rule® -- practical support services to help adult siblings improve communication skills, develop teamwork, make decisions together and divide the workload in caring for aging parents.
Most family caregivers struggle to balance care-giving for an aging parent or relative with other major responsibilities including jobs and caring for young children. This often means that there is little time to care for themselves, which can result in poor health and high levels of stress. In this video, certified senior advisor Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care gives you ways to unwind and cope, because taking care of yourself will allow you to be there for your senior loved one.
In this video, certified senior advisor Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care explains Alzheimer's and other dementia and offers specific techniques for coping with a loved one who has dementia. Many family caregivers care for a parent or spouse who is suffering from some sort of dementia, which requires a great deal of time and patience. Caring for a dementia patient can cause great stress to the family caregiver, particularly as memory loss progresses. This video provides tips for minimizing that stress.
In this video, certified senior advisor Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care talks about symptoms of depression in family caregivers and offers six tips for coping -- such as setting reasonable goals and breaking large tasks into small ones.
In this video, certified senior advisor Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care discusses some of the physical and emotional signs that you might be overstressed. The first step in dealing with caregiver stress is to recognize the signs. Then you can find ways to deal with it and enlist support or medical help when needed.
In this video, certified senior advisor Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care talks about avoiding caregiver burnout. She shows stressed family members that they are not alone when it comes to facing the challenges of being a family caregiver.
In this video series, certified senior advisor Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care talks about the stress of being a caregiver and ways to cope. This series of videos is designed for anyone who is caring for an elderly person -- be it a parent, other relative or friend. The videos will introduce you to the extent of caregiver stress and signs that stress might be affecting you, as well as tips for dealing with special caregiving considerations and tools and techniques to lessen stress and take care of yourself.
In this video "Taking Care of Yourself," Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care offers busy family caregivers advice on how to unwind and cope with the many responsibilities on their shoulders. After all, if you don't take care of yourself, you will never be able to continue taking care of your loved one.
In this video "Employer Programs," Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care talks about some employer-offered programs and alternative work options that might give you more time for your care giving responsibilities.
In this video "Creating a Care Team," Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care talks about how to get support for your caregiving activities, to bring more balance to your life. Asking for help is sometimes difficult, but there are a few surefire ways to enlist support, and she discusses those.
In this video "Work-Life Balance," Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care talks about how to balance work and in-home care. She discusses the negative effects of not having balance in one's life, starting with what work-life balance does, and doesn't mean.
In this video series, certified senior advisor Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care® talks about how to balance work and in-home care. This video is designed for anyone who is caring for an elderly person be it a parent, other relative or friend. The information in this video will give you some tools to use in caregiving, at work, and for yourself in order to help you find balance in your life.
In this video, "Problems and Causes," certified senior advisor Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care discusses some of the problems and causes that can lead to cognitive dysfunction.
In this video, "Problems and Causes," certified senior advisor Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care discusses some of the problems and causes that can lead to cognitive dysfunction.
In this video, "Definition and Symptoms," certified senior advisor Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care talks about types of cognitive problems are and describes some of their symptoms.
