Posts Tagged ‘caregiver’
Caregivers need respite from stress
PENN STATE (US) — Adult day care services are not only beneficial for seniors with dementia, but for their caregivers as well. Continue…
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 12:13 - 1 Comment
Health & Medicine - Feb 23, 2011 12:11 - 0 Comments
Caregiver mistakes risky for seniors
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Basic tasks, such as sorting medications into pillboxes, are challenging for many caregivers paid to assist seniors living at home. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 5, 2010 13:04 - 0 Comments
Caregivers need to take care
NORTHWESTERN (US) — A lack of understanding and help from friends and relatives is the biggest cause of stress for people who care for loved ones after a stroke. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 25, 2010 8:37 - 0 Comments
Caregiving not always an emotional drain
U. BUFFALO (US)—Although long-term care of sick or disabled loved ones is widely recognized as a threat to the caregiver’s health and quality of life, in some contexts, helping valued loved ones may prove to be mutually beneficial. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 10, 2010 12:47 - 1 Comment
Caregiving spouses at higher risk for dementia
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Husbands and wives caring for spouses with dementia are six times more likely to develop the memory-impairing condition than those whose spouses don’t have it, according to results of a 12-year study. (more…)
