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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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  • Navigating Chronic Illness Diagnosis

    Navigating the Journey of Chronic Illness Management

    Caregivers enable chronic illness management through education, treatment involvement, and wise internet use, shaping positive journeys.

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  • Dementia Questions for the Provider

    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.

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  • Diabetes Questions for the Provider

    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.

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  • Getting Paid as a Caregiver

    Getting Paid as a Family Caregiver - General Guide

    Some states and insurance plans have programs that allow family caregivers get paid for providing care to a loved one.

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  • Toileting and Bathing

    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.

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  • Role Reversal

    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.

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  • Dementia Fear of Water

    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.

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  • Nagging

    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?

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  • Kidneys and Diabetes

    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.

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  • Diabetes and Heart Disease

    How Does Diabetes Contribute to Heart Disease?

    Of all diabetes complications, this is the one that you want to pay close attention to.

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  • Diabetes and Infection

    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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  • Distress, Burnout, Depression Distinction

    Distinguishing Diabetes Distress, Diabetes Burnout, and Depression

    Diabetes distress and burnout are real and they are distinct from each other. They are also wholly different from depression.

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About us

Helpful is an app to make caregiving easier. We integrate your loved one’s insurance benefits, medical records and caregiving guides into an immediate, accessible and user-friendly experience. Helpful supports your care needs by eliminating administrative tasks and providing technology to support your caregiving experience.

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