According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 50 percent of caregivers die before the person they are caring for. Caregiving is a stressful job. As stress builds, it manifests into a variety of health concerns. People that face long term stress are more likely to suffer a stroke, are at a greater risk for heart attack, are [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )According to the Federal Reserve Board’s 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances, as much as 75 percent of the average senior’s annual income is used to pay debt payments. That’s a pretty scary number, especially when more of their income ends up going to health care related issues. A recent article, What To Do When Your [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Caregiving is a hard job with little recognition and lots of stress. How are you handling it? AARP has an interactive Caregiver Stress Quiz that will allow you to answer a few questions, and it will make recommendations based on your answers. It’s a great way of finding out if you’re going through normal amounts [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Your mom wants to head back to her 50th class reunion – you want to take the family to the beach. Yet you only have time for a one week vacation – what do you do? Rather than giving in and helping your mom back to her home state, and being with her while she [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )It’s summer time – time to spend a week with your family. Head to the mountains for a much needed break. Or maybe head to the beach for a week of play in the sand with the kids. Does that sound impossible? For many caregivers of aging parents, the idea of a true vacation seems [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Can anything be worse than an unexpected car repair? The timing usually stinks. Being without a car, while it is repaired, is a nightmare; and the cost of working on today’s vehicles is expensive. However, I trust those life issues aren’t enough to get you to move on a surge of adrenaline and act without [...]
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