Are you the primary caregiver for a loved one in your family recently diagnosed with dementia? Are you concerned with how to best care for your loved one? As you may be aware, one of the most challenging and difficult aspects of witnessing your loved one struggle with...
Sometimes, despite our best efforts, family caregivers are not enough. Family caregivers, often tirelessly, dedicate themselves to taking care of elderly relatives. An elderly loved one, however, may develop care needs that exceed the abilities of a family caregiver....
Becoming a caregiver is a selfless, but sometimes, unexpected role. While the National Academy of Sciences estimates that the largest percentage of caregivers, around 25 percent, are between the ages of 45 and 54, approximately 15 percent of caregivers are between 20...
As elder parents reach the point where they need assistance to handle activities of daily living that they can no longer manage, their adult children may face a choice: Do they step in and become their parent’s caregiver, or should they hire outside help? A primary...
Florida may be known as the Sunshine State, but unfortunately it is also sometimes known as the hurricane state. The massive storms bring heavy rains to the Florida peninsula along with coastal storm surge and inland flooding – not to mention high winds upwards of 100...
We’ve all been there. You hear a legal horror story from friends or family, or even on the news, and our first thought is “but it probably won’t happen to me.” Unfortunately, none of us are invincible (as much as we tried to convince ourselves otherwise)....