Category: Caregiving
Supporting Someone Who Is Grieving: Tips and Emotional Support
Grief. It’s one of the most difficult emotions we experience as humans. While everyone navigates grief differently, offering the right kind of support can make a significant, meaningful difference.
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Creating a Supportive Environment for Alzheimer’s Patients
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurological condition that leads to the shrinking of the brain and the death of brain cells. This condition has affected millions of families worldwide, making it essential to understand how to create a supportive and comfortable environment for a loved one.
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Feeling Guilty as a Caregiver: Strategies and Support
Dealing with the heavy circumstances of caring for an aging loved one can take a tremendous emotional and physical strain on a person. One of the most common emotions someone can feel is caregiver guilt. Although the pressure can seem overwhelming, you aren’t alone.
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Transitioning From Caregiver to Advocate
While transitioning from caregiver to advocate may feel like a very different role, it’s just as important. A few tips on how to make it easier. Anyone who’s been there will tell you: being a caregiver for a loved one is a 24/7 commitment. And when the person you’ve cared for moves to senior living for more intensive support, you also undergo a change; from caregiver to advocate. At Heritage Communities, we understand the challenges families may face during their loved one’s journey through aging and we are here to help everyone involved.
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Tips for Having the Senior Living Conversation with Your Parents
It’s a moment many family caregivers eventually face: having the conversation with parents about moving to assisted living or memory care.
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Senior Living Options: When Your Spouse Needs Daily Assistance but You Don’t
Senior living options are necessary when you are doing your best to care for a spouse who really needs 24-hour attention or at least more assistance than you can provide. What seemed doable has now become a heavier burden than you can handle. Yet if your spouse moves to assisted living or memory care you...
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The Memory Care Decision: Dealing With the Guilt
The memory care decision; few things are harder than struggling with the decision of moving a loved one into a senior living memory care program. Often times the associated guilt comes from fear of the unknown and dreading the reactions of others.
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Memory Care Questions: How to Answer a Loved One with Dementia
Questions from a loved one with dementia or Alzheimer’s can be difficult, especially when they ask questions that have painful answers. At Heritage Communities, we understand, and we have some suggestions to help you and your family communicate with your loved one with understanding, patience, and compassion. Memory Care Questions: Keeping the Goal in Mind...
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Signs It’s Time for Assisted Living
With age comes change. Mom and Dad are less agile. They might misplace the car keys a bit more often or forget a name. That’s all normal and for the most part, expected as the years go by. But there are some signs to watch for that could indicate it might be time for senior...
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The Senior Living Conversation: How to Talk to Parents About Assisted Living
Any good conversation is as much about active listening as it is about talking. That’s a good thing to remember when having a senior living conversation with your parents. It can be an opportunity to share ideas, concerns, and helpful facts on how a lifestyle choice such as assisted living could open the door to...
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