Are you currently an adult caregiver? If so, you should know that you are not alone. Approximately 16 percent of the country’s adult population is caring for someone who is 50 years of age and older. Many of these caregivers have full-time jobs and children under the age of 18. Almost 80 percent of these …
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The Importance of Family Caregivers If you are the primary caregiver of a family member, you know that you will face a lot of new responsibilities. Some of these responsibilities may even be unfamiliar to you. They may intimidate you. You may feel as if you are all alone in the journey to care for …
Unpaid caregivers provide 90% of long-term care in the United States. 83% of those unpaid caregivers are family members, with the typical caregiver being a 46-year-old woman providing care to her mother at least twenty hours per week. Half of these caregivers feel they don’t have time to take care of themselves and experience increased …
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As the primary family caregiver, there is no doubt that you have a lot of responsibilities. Caring for your sick or aging loved one is one of the most important things on your to do list. It can be very difficult to try to balance the needs of your loved one with the other obligations …
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When someone you love has COPD, it can be difficult to watch them take labored breaths and you may feel helpless as a result. Although you want to help, you are not sure how you can. This type of situation can add stress and frustration to your own life, and can even cause you to …