• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Kapok Aging and Caregiver Resources

Kapok Aging and Caregiver Resources

Caring Across Cultures

  • Home
  • Kapok Services
  • For Caregivers
  • Senior Health
    • Ways To Maintain Health
      • Healthy Eating
      • Exercise
      • Entertainment and Activities
      • Social Connection
    • Health Challenges
      • Dementia
      • Diabetes
      • Incontinence
      • Mental Health
      • Mobility Issues
    • How Technology Can Help
    • Planning and End of Life Care
  • Tech & Aging
  • Finances
  • Living Environment
  • Food and Nutrition
  • Multicultural Caregiving
  • About Us
    • Kapok Leadership
    • Featured Experts
    • Contact Us
    • Blog

Cassie Greenfield, MSc

Stressed Caregiver

Being an Imperfect Caregiver: The Reality of a Caregiving Role

September 25, 2016 By Cassie Greenfield, MSc Leave a Comment

To those on the outside, caregiving can sometimes seem simple. Yet, the role brings more challenges than most realize. Being able to care for yourself and realize your own limitations are critical skills.

Senior Woman

Understanding and Accepting Reality with Alzheimer’s Patients

September 11, 2016 By Cassie Greenfield, MSc Leave a Comment

One of the biggest challenges when caring for an Alzheimer’s patient, or a family member with another form of dementia, is the differences between their reality and your own. For many caregivers, it can be tempting to simply correct the patient, telling them that they are wrong. But, there are other ways to approach the situation.

Young woman in summer

Surviving the Challenges of Caregiving

September 4, 2016 By Cassie Greenfield, MSc Leave a Comment

Regardless of who you are caring for and why, caregiving comes with a unique set of challenges. In this post, I take a look at where to find support and ways of simply surviving.

Heartbeat

Medicare Continues To Fail Older Women

August 19, 2016 By Cassie Greenfield, MSc Leave a Comment

On average, women tend to live longer than men and often earn less over the course of their lifetimes. These factors create significant challenges for older women, many of whom will outlive their partners. Yet, Medicare is extremely limited in how it cares for this group, resulting in considerable challenges for many women.

Burbank Senior Artists Colony

Finding Unusual or Unique Options for Retirement Homes

July 17, 2016 By Cassie Greenfield, MSc Leave a Comment

Most people already have pre-formed ideas about what retirement is going to look like. In many cases, joining a retirement community can sound pretty unappealing, which is one reason why people are reluctant to do so. But, growing old doesn’t mean that you have to sit around, play bingo and watch TV. Instead, there are […]

Senior man fishing

Why Retiring Early Isn’t Actually as Great as It Seems

July 8, 2016 By Cassie Greenfield, MSc Leave a Comment

The idea of retiring early often seems like an ideal goal – especially for people that don’t particularly like their jobs. After all, retirement means that you have much less to stress about and you don’t have to work hard anymore. At least, that’s what it means in theory.

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 45
  • Page 46
  • Page 47
  • Page 48
  • Page 49
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Search This Site

Our Top Posts

A senior reading, highlighting the idea of dementia advance care planning

A Comprehensive Guide to Dementia Advance Care Planning

Two people looking at paperwork, highlighting the topic of advance planning

Best Practices for Advance Care Planning

A daughter and mother looking out of an apartment window, highlighting the idea of aging at home

The Ultimate Guide to Aging at Home

An older woman at home in a hospital bed, looking at the question of what is virtual hospice

What Is Virtual Hospice? (and other crucial hospice questions)

More Featured Posts

Subscribe to Kapok

Enter your email address to subscribe and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Kapok Family Caregiver Support Service
The National Caregiver Events Directory
Best Books For Caregivers
Care For Difficult Parents
Multicultural guide to caregiving
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

Footer

As an Amazon Associate and Shareasale affiliate, we earn commissions from qualifying purchases. This does not impact the price you pay nor the products we choose to recommend.

©2024 Kapok Aging and Caregiver Resources | Privacy Policy | About Us