Our guides provide you with the skills, checklists and tips for caring for your loved one. Our content is authored by highly qualified registered nurses with a combined total of 60 years of expertise in various healthcare settings such as acute, community and home care.
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Explore our Guides crafted by seasoned registered nurses with over 60 years of combined experience. Designed to empower caregivers, our Guides provide essential skills, insider insights, and heartfelt tips to enhance your caregiving journey.
Navigating the Journey of Chronic Illness Management
Caregivers enable chronic illness management through education, treatment involvement, and wise internet use, shaping positive journeys.
Dementia, Questions for the Provider
Questions will need to be asked more than once over the course of dementia progression. Use this list to make the most of your loved one's appointments.
Diabetes, Questions for the Provider
Diabetes is a chronic conditions that affects everything in the body. Use this list of questions to make the most of your loved one's appointments.
Getting Paid as a Family Caregiver
Some states and insurance plans have programs that allow family caregivers get paid for providing care to a loved one.
Caregiving Challenges, Bathing and Toileting Your Loved One
Bathing and toileting adult loved ones is not the same experience as bathing and toileting children. How to cope with vulnerability and embarrassment.
Caregiving Challenges, Role Reversal of Parent and Child
When a parent reaches a stage of needing supervision and assistance, for the child caregiver, the roles of parent and child seem to reverse.
Caregiving Challenges, Refusal to Bathe Due to Fear of Water
The fear of water phenomenon occurs in many with advanced dementia and is often accompanied by a refusal to bathe.
If You Must Nag, Nag Well
Your loved one has a chronic disease. How do you help support their self-management and self-care without needlessly nagging?
How Does Diabetes Contribute to Kidney Disease?
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease. About 1 out of 3 adults with diabetes has kidney disease.
How Does Diabetes Contribute to Heart Disease?
Of all diabetes complications, this is the one that you want to pay close attention to.
How Does Diabetes Increase Risk of Infection?
Infections and infectious diseases are more frequent and often more serious in persons with diabetes.
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