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How to Get Moving and Reduce Your Caregiving Stress
Caring for a loved one can bring daily stress, exhaustion and emotional strain. If you consistently put your own needs aside to focus on others, it can eventually lead to burnout. One simple but powerful tool for stress relief is exercise. Moving your body can also strengthen your emotional resilience. Want to kick-start your exercise…
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3 Things You Need to Know About How Caregiver Stress Affects Your Mind
The Mental Cost of Caregiver Stress: Maya’s Story Maya is only thirty, but most days she feels twice that age. Her six-year-old son, Daniel, was born with a disability that requires around-the-clock care. She loves him deeply, but the weight of being his full-time caregiver is starting to wear on her mind. Some nights, she…
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The Ultimate Guide to Caregiver Vacationing
How do family caregivers go on vacation? Family caregivers go on vacation one step at a time. It takes careful planning, good communication with everyone involved and commitment to the realities of vacationing while caregiving. The first time I took a long weekend trip with my dad, who had dementia, I wasn’t prepared. That first…
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How to Deal with Compassion Fatigue in Caregiving
Why Compassion Matters in Caregiving Compassion means “to suffer together.” It happens when you see someone in pain and want to help. Emotion experts say compassion is the feeling that prompts you to ease another person’s suffering. It’s not the same as empathy or kindness, but they are connected. Caregiving is a labor of love…
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Self-Care Month: 7 Ways You Can Reduce Caregiver Stress
Why Self-Care Matters From June 24 to July 24, we observe Self-Care Month, culminating in International Self-Care Day on July 24. This special day was first established in 2011 by the International Self-Care Foundation to highlight the importance of taking care of our own mental, physical and emotional health. The date — 7/24 — reminds…
