My mother lives with me and I hate it. Does that sentiment sound familiar? It’s a common one, as living with your aging parents isn’t easy at all.
How To Feed Seniors – Tips For Busy Caregivers
Food is crucial, yet it can be surprisingly overwhelming. Planning meals, shopping for ingredients, cooking, and cleaning up all require energy – sometimes more than you have. Then we have the other part of the questions, actually getting the senior to eat. Doing so isn’t always easy. Some seniors don’t enjoy food much anymore or […]
Pureed Food for Seniors – Delicious Recipes, Tips, And More
Eating can become more complicated as people age. Not only do appetite and ability to taste often decrease, but seniors may also suffer from dysphagia, where swallowing becomes difficult. Other seniors may experience issues with chewing instead, especially if they have few or no remaining teeth. Soft food is sometimes the answer, especially if it […]
Best Kitchen Tools and Cookbooks for Caregivers
Who hasn’t heard about the benefits of healthy eating? The idea is repeated over and over again in books, blog posts, and on social media. But there’s a bigger question – how do you eat well? I don’t mean this from the nutritional perspective, like which foods are healthy. Most of us have a pretty […]
The Unexpected Nature of Grief for Caregivers
Grief for caregivers can present in many different ways. It can also be driven by more than the death of a loved one.
10 Potent Ways to Combat Caregiver Guilt
Caregiver guilt can seem overwhelming at times, but there are solutions. These 10 approaches include some common and some uncommon ideas.