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How To Reduce The Stress Of A Family Caregiver

Acting as the primary caregiver to a seriously ill or aging family member may seem like the only choice you have. You may have chosen this direction for financial, personal, religious, or even moral reasons. Regardless of your reasons, it is inevitable that you will face challenges. Fortunately, there are ways to help prevent or alleviate their impact on you and the rest of your family, allowing you to make the best of your situation. Family Caregiver Impacts, Stresses And Challenges The most common and obvious problems include the time and money that serving as the family caregiver can take away...

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Returning Home From The Hospital

Hearing that your senior loved one will be returning home from the hospital, even after a short stay, is welcome news. However, you may have two conflicting emotions, thrilled they are coming home and stressed over how you'll get everything in order without turning your life upside down! Plus, you'll likely have plenty of other questions: How many doctors need to sign off on their release? What time will they be discharged? Will it fit into your work schedule or do you need to take the day off? Will your loved one need help caring for themselves when they get home? If only returning...

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How To Handle The Holidays With An Alzheimer’s Patient

Entertaining the different personalities of an extended family under one roof, and making sure they all have a good time, has always been a challenge. But handling the holidays with an Alzheimer's patient can add a whole new dimension to the gathering. Memory loss is often more than forgetting or not recognizing someone. It can also mean strange and unanticipated behaviors. As Alzheimer's disease progresses, basic knowledge about how to behave socially can become lost or confused. But managing a family gathering with the inclusion of someone suffering from Alzheimer's will become more common as the percentage of elderly with this disease continues...

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9 Ways To Handle Holiday Stress

Holidays are stressful enough for most adults, but if you are responsible for the care of an elderly relative, you might wonder how you can possibly get out to shop for gifts, find time to clean the house, and prepare for enjoyable dinners with the rest of your family. And you might feel that traveling to visit distant relatives or friends is completely out of the question. Let’s Talk About Feeling Stressed! Juggling your family commitments, caregiving and numerous other activities can cause stress. However, it's the mindset, of the fear of overwork and failure, that can wreck your health far...

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Grateful Recognition For Our Exemplary Caregivers

Home & Hearth Caregivers has received positive feedback from our clients about the way we treat and interact with our employees—the actual caregivers—and how our interaction with them positively affects the wellbeing of all involved.  Our philosophy is that when an employee feels valued, respected, and genuinely appreciated, they are in turn motivated to continue to bring a high level of energy, love, and thoughtfulness to their profession. Caregivers Utilize Many Skills Being a good caregiver requires many general skills (physical, mental, interpersonal, emotional), as well as specific skills such as a second language, specialty cooking, or nursing procedures. In-home caregiving is a job that...

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9 Elderly Care Tips To Make the Adjustment To Cold Weather Easier

For those who can get out and about, autumn is a beautiful time. Plus, the mild temperatures can make activities even more enjoyable. But for those who require walkers, wheelchairs, caregivers or other elderly care to go places, autumn can also lower ones spirits. It may also result in an unhealthy amount of inactivity. Regardless of your age, “autumn blues”  are common, especially when cold Chicago winters follow.  If you are providing elderly care, here are few challenges your senior loved may face and some possible solutions that will make the transition to colder weather a bit easier. Cool Temperatures...

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At Home & Hearth Caregivers, we are proud to offer compassionate, family-like in-home care, respite care, and Alzheimer’s and dementia care services to seniors and families throughout Cook, DuPage, Will, Lake, McHenry Counties, including the following cities and towns:

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