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Welcome Family Caregivers!
Information Resources Support You While You're Caring for Aging Parents
How are you feeling today?
Pretty good? Overwhelmed? Frustrated? Afraid? Overworked? If you're feeling pretty good, Terrific! Something less than good? You're not alone. We caregivers often feel that we're out of control, under-supported, and every day we're expected to learn new things -- more than we'd ever dreamed possible. No one has training when he or she accepts the role of caregiver for aging parents.
Would you like to feel...
More certain of what you can control and what you can't?
More confident in your caring?
Better Informed?
Calmer?
Parentcare 101 can help!
At Parentcare 101, You'll Find Good Eldercare Information...
Right Here on the Web!
- Eldercare Organizations, Weblinks, an Eldercare Library and Bookstore. Everything you need to gather information that is just right for your family caregiving situation.
To Use At Home and On the Go!
Mini-Vacations Are A Must for Any Caregiver
In the midst of family caregiving, while facing the challenges of parenting, eldercare, and living, we often become so enveloped in the “have to’s” and the “musts” that we forget to breathe. We don’t look up and notice that the sky is clear blue or that our children have just made a marvelous discovery or that the snow sparkles like glitter or that our spouse is looking particularly good that day.
One way to keep your perspective is to use a technique taught by Sister José Hobday, an American Indian teacher from New Mexico:
Take 20 mini-vacations a day
Release the Stress
Take regular micro-breaks in your routine to focus on something pleasant for just a few seconds or minutes. When you do, you briefly release your mind, body and spirit from the stress and clear them to continue for the next hour or so with renewed energy.
- Guidebook: CARING FOR A DISTANT PARENT. Highly Praised for Caregivers.
"Distant" means your parent is not living with you."Distant" may mean that your relationship with your parent is not the smoothest."Distant" means geographic or emotional separation that brings its own challenges.
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Experienced family caregiver LaVerne Coan uses her experience and training to share over 40 of the most common challenges that you as a caregiver will face throughout your caregiving journey. This book will be your constant reference for eldercare resources; financial, legal and insurance tips; and personal issues. Learn more and purchase...
Good Eldercare Information,
for your unique situation, when you need it, AND
20 Mini-vacations a day.
At Parentcare 101, we believe that if you are caring for aging parents, then you need BALANCE in your life. That means...
