Palliative care empowers individuals living with dementia to live a meaningful life in accordance with their values, while also supporting t

Ask any new caregiver and they’ll likely tell you that nothing is more overwhelming than learning a loved one has dementia and now needs...

About three years after my wife Elaine was diagnosed with Alziemer’s, one of the nurses at the neurologist’s office asked me whether I’d...

There are a few basic truths that reveal themselves in almost every story of the early days of giving care to someone with a serious illness

Dementia care is a situation with a lot of hurrying, a lot of waiting, and a lot of overloaded senses. It's easy to carry around all of that

I met my First Elaine in 1953, when we were both freshmen at what is now called Milwaukee Lutheran High School in southeastern Wisconsin....

What is Respite Care? When someone else steps in to temporarily care for the person you care for in your absence.

Resilience is the ability to rebound from a crisis, tragedy, trauma or a serious case of ‘stress mess.’ Resiliency varies from person to...

You may be wondering just how long it might take to readjust to your life after your role as caregiver is over.

In this article, we are going to provide some insight into when caregivers should consider outside help and how to ask for it.

Communication positions care partners can adopt as they learn & improve, getting ahead of the reactive state & preparing for what awaits.

January feels like a good time to have "the talk" with family. Not THAT talk, the other one that focuses on plans and details for caregiving

As a caregiver you are facing your responsibilities and challenges in difficult times. One of those challenges is to find and embrace...

As the autumn leaves start to turn, it’s a good time to take stock of where things stand, and think about how you can wrap up the year with

In 2016, friend of Caregiver Wellness Retreat and podcast guest Dayna Steele wrote a personal account of her caregiving journey. Dayna...

One of the first acts of self-care that I took on when I was caregiving was a monthly deep-tissue massage. My first session was a gift,...

You DO need help; you are a caregiver. Once you have done it a few times, it gets easier. You are a caregiver. You deserve it.

Recently, a caregiver wrote us giving her best advice as an Alzheimer’s caregiver for her mom. Here we expand on what she shared.

Grounding encourages and deepens feelings of calmness, safety, and security, which in turn can help you manage your stress level.

1 in 5 Americans are currently serving as a caregiver, providing help to ill or disabled persons almost all, every day.

The Internet has countless resources for caregivers, with more added every day. These resources coexist along specific tiers of...

The best and most important way to jump-start your self-care routine is to manage your stress levels.

Since my time as a dementia caregiver, I have been looking for the “big picture” of caregiving. I went to graduate school, read reports,...

On May 11th our Podcast guest will be Teepa Snow. Here here is a summary of her Meaningful Activities video from her YouTube channel.