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The Coronavirus and You
You can’t turn on your television or open your favorite newspaper without seeing it. The Coronavirus. Its impacts are far-reaching, from your personal safety to your pocketbook. What is Coronavirus, and how can you keep [...]
How to Avoid Caregiver Guilt
Guilt, the feeling that you have done something wrong and harmed someone else, is a constant for caregivers. Guilt may surface when you cannot honor all the wishes of your loved ones. For example, when [...]
Has Your Life Been Hijacked by Caregiving? How to Cope
“Don’t forget that your kids only grow up once. You don’t want to miss it.” “Work and children will still be there after caring for your parents is over.” If you are a caregiver for [...]
Caregiving Bringing You Down? Look for the Good.
“I just can’t do it. I’m exhausted. My parents always need something. I feel like it never stops.” Stephanie, an accountant who had become a caregiver to her mother and father, was in tears. Her [...]
How to Discuss Aging Parents with your Siblings: 4 tips
The holidays offer opportunities for families to spend quality time together. Often, this extended time enables adult children to see changes in their parents as they go about their daily lives. During this time, I [...]
Thanks for the Help Navigating the Medical System
Did you see the recent praise of Choice Senior Care Navigators in the High Point Enterprise? We are so proud to help families like this everyday. Call us for help with your loved one!
Confused About Palliative Care? You Are Not Alone.
Ruby, age 96, is in poor health. She has a litany of problems, ranging from hearing loss to wounds on her legs that just won’t heal. And yet, Ruby doesn’t have any serious or life-threatening [...]
Caregivers: An Important Part of the Healthcare Team
90 year-old Judy was leaving the hospital with a port in her chest and instructions to have an injection administered via the port every day for 30 days. When the hospital discharge planner asked, “Is [...]
Caregiving Does Not Have to be Scary: 4 Ways to Start Preparing Now
“The problem is no one dies anymore” –Working Daughter by Liz O’Donnell While the quote from O’Donnell’s book may sound harsh, there is truth in it for millions of caregivers out there today. Yes, [...]
Time to See a New Doctor? 7 Tips to Make it Easy
Betty, 96, has to see a new doctor AGAIN. It isn’t that Betty has moved, or that she wants to change doctors. Betty’s doctors keep retiring! And the longer she keeps living, the more likely [...]