Caregiving Blogs!
If you'd like to submit a blog involving any aspect of eldercare, send a query to bfreiberg@cfu.net.We will respond immediately, and if it contributes to helpful, practical caregiving knowledge, we will publish it!
Lorena Tonarelli, MSC
Caregiving Research Reporter
Tips on how to build caring relationships with your elders
The journal BMC Geriatrics published an interesting study on ways CNAs can build caring relationships with nursing home residents. (Read more...)
Susan Berg
Certified Dementia Practitioner
How to have the Best Possible Relationship with those who have Dementia (Part 2)
We have a resident who is declining cognitively. She often asks, Where am I? or What am I doing here?. We answer that she is here with us, and that we are about to have some fun. Often she forgets we told her this. She used to love bingo (Read more...)
Barbra Cohn
Professional Writer and Nutrition Educator
10 Easy Ways Caregivers Can Reduce Stress and Feel Happier and Healthier
My husband had younger-onset Alzheimer's disease, and I spent a decade caring for him before he died in the summer of 2010. Now that my husband has passed away, I want to help other caregivers reduce stress and maintain their health and well-being (Read more...)
