Have you felt depression, anger or guilt? Has your health deteriorated since taking on the responsibility of caregiving? If your answer is yes to any one of these, you may be suffering from ...
Everything You Need to Know About Caregiving for Parkinson’s Disease
Caregiving for those who suffer from Parkinson's disease comes with many challenges, from how to deal with guilt and loneliness to avoiding burnout and figuring out what to expect from an ...
Families with mentally ill members need help as well as caregivers
All families with a mentally ill member as well as caregivers need help, say researchers at Case Western Reserve University. Co-investigator M. Jane Suresky wondered if a previous study of women ...
How to Be a Caregiver
4. Talk to other caregivers. Support groups will be one of your best resources. 6. Shed the guilt. Guilt is a common theme here, but experienced caregivers say it's important to know your limits ...
Help for Solo Caregivers
Stop beating yourself up. Caregiving triggers a host of difficult emotions: You feel resentful, then guilty about feeling resentful, then angry at having been made to feel guilty. "That doesn't mean ...
Son found guilty of locking elderly father in room at night and forcing him to wear wetsuit
A man locked his dad in a dark room for 15 hours at a time and took $275,000 from his bank account. A judge said the treatment was "akin to torture".
Dealing with feelings of guilt with the support of others who care for a person with dementia
From the June/July 2016 issue of our magazine, no matter what choices carers make as dementia progresses, they often have to deal with feelings of guilt and regret. Caring for a person with dementia ...
Oahu substitute caregiver found guilty in neglect case
An Oahu jury has found a Waipahu care home substitute caregiver guilty of endangering the welfare of an 88-year-old patient. Francisco Polintan was found guilty Thursday of endangering the welfare ...
Alzheimer's Q&A: 'Transition' brings layers of grief for caregiver
When the loved one dies, the caregiver naturally experiences tremendous grief. The caregiver is grieving not just for the most obvious loss of the person who died, but for the many losses that are ...
Caregiver Pleads Guilty To Smothering Eight-Month Old Girl To Death At Daycare
24-year-old Leah Walden was sentenced to life with all but 70 years of the sentence suspended and five years of probation upon release. She had previously been held without bond. Baltimore ...