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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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  • Caregiver Challenge: Hospice

    Caregiving Challenges, Hospice

    Hospice is not a death sentence and it is not giving up. Understanding hospice and its intentions can bring relief to you and your loved one.

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  • COPD: Symptoms

    Questions to Ask About COPD Symptoms

    Use this list to help prepare questions for the provider about COPD symptoms. This will help you make the most of the appointment.

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  • COPD: Diagnosis

    Questions to Ask About COPD Diagnosis

    Use this list to help prepare questions for the provider about COPD diagnosis. This will help you make the most of the appointment.

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  • COPD: Lifestyle

    COPD Lifestyle Questions

    Use this list to help prepare questions for the provider about lifestyle modifications for COPD. This will help you make the most of the appointment.

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  • COPD: Care & Monitoring

    COPD Care and Monitoring Questions

    Use this list to help prepare questions for the provider about COPD care and monitoring. This will help you make the most of the appointment.

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  • COPD Medications

    COPD Treatment and Medication Questions

    Use this list to help prepare questions for the provider about COPD treatment. This will help you make the most of the appointment.

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  • Heart Failure: Heart Health Recommendations

    Heart Health Recommendations

    The term "heart healthy" gets tossed around a lot, but what are heart health recommendations, really? Here's what you can do.

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  • Heart Failure: Treatment

    Treatment Plan for Heart Failure

    Heart failure cannot be cured unless through heart transplant; however, effective treatment is available to relieve symptoms and slow progression.

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  • ACC & AHA, Stages of Heart Failure

    The Classes and Stages of Heart Failure

    Heart failure is categorized in two ways - classes and stages - based on physical symptoms and structural heart disease.

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  • Heart Failure Getting Worse

    Signs That Heart Failure is Getting Worse

    There are several signs and symptoms to know that indicate heart failure symptoms are getting worse, or that the condition itself is progressing.

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  • Heart Failure: Self-Care

    Heart Failure Self-Care

    Once diagnosed with heart failure, new strategies for self-care are essential to minimize symptoms and slow disease progression.

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  • Heart Failure - Treatment Questions

    Heart Failure Treatment and Medication Questions

    Use this list to help prepare questions for the provider about heart failure treatment. This will help you make the most of the appointment.

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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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