Hospice can be an important part of end-of-life, where the focus shifts away from treating health conditions and towards comfort. Doing so is powerful. After all, some forms of treatment (like chemotherapy) come with an intense physical toll. The physical costs may simply not be worth it if the treatment isn’t helping anyway. Yet, as […]
How Long Can the Elderly Live On Ensure?
Ensure and similar shakes can be powerful for seniors, providing calories and nutrients in an easy-to-consume form. They’re particularly helpful for seniors who struggle to chew and those with a limited appetite. Some caregivers even find that seniors will consume a meal shake without hesitation, particularly shakes that are high in sugar and taste like […]
How To Recover From Caregiver Burnout
Caregiver burnout is what the name suggests. It’s where you’re exhausted, overwhelmed, and at the end of your rope. Where it feels like you have nothing left to give and the prospect of keeping going day after day feels almost impossible. And yet, stopping often isn’t an option. Your parent, spouse, or other loved one […]
The 13 Best Subscription Boxes for Caregivers
Subscription boxes aren’t just popular. They’re also amazing. Subscription boxes for caregivers can be the perfect way to give yourself a treat, one that requests hardly any work on your part. The general idea is simple. You sign up for a subscription, then you’re sent out a box packed with goodies every month, or perhaps […]
When You’re Forced To Be A Caregiver
What is it like to provide care when you don’t want to? To feel that you’ve been forced to be a caregiver, that you’re trapped in a circumstance that you can’t stand, with no exit in sight. This isn’t a unique situation. It’s not even an unusual one. Some caregivers aren’t even supporting loved ones. […]
Powerful Tips, Tools, and Resources for Caregivers
Kapok is a caregiving site. As such, we spend a lot of time talking about how to support seniors, including specific challenges that seniors face and ways to help them stay safe and as independent as they can be. But, caregiving is always a balancing act between two things – the care recipient and you, […]