Constructive anger in caregiving
If you are a caregiver and are experiencing anger and feeling concerned about it, recognize that caregiver anger is normal, common, and understandable. It is not a sign that you’re a terrible person or that anything is fundamentally wrong with you. This is true even if your anger is primarily directed at your loved one—namely, the person you love and intimately care for. In this article, you will learn how to shine a more understanding and compassionate light on your anger and use it constructively.
Four reasons why familial caregiving should be considered in employer wellness benefits
One in five workers is a caretaker to someone at home, an added responsibility on top of work, parenting, and other obligations that can create physical, mental, and emotional stress. Here are some key reasons why it’s imperative that companies begin to consider familial caregiving when crafting wellness packages.
7 ways Steadii advocates support professional caregivers
Overburdened healthcare systems are experiencing record rates of professional caregiver burnout. Steadii provides one-on-one personalized support for your workforce, helping your organization lower healthcare costs, increase employee satisfaction, stabilize your workforce, enhance employee wellness, and improve outcomes for caregivers and care recipients.
Simplifying self-care for caregivers
Self-care is a buzzword caregivers hear often, yet when we care for a loved one with a debilitating disease, it seems impossible to even think about self-care. In this article, we demystify and simplify self-care, making it more accessible for everyone, even amid stressful and important caregiving work.
Release painstaking perfectionism and shift to healthy striving in caregiving
Learn how to choose excellence over perfectionism to serve your loved one from a place of greater authenticity, compassion, and wholeness.
10 confidence-boosting affirmations for caregivers
Often a thankless job, caregiving can leave you feeling like you aren’t good enough or doing enough. Let’s take a moment to reflect on how much you’ve done for your loved one and how you have changed their life for the better. Then, the intrusive negative thoughts may start to take a back seat.
Financial boost: how to get paid for family caregiving
Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s, dementia, or another condition takes a physical, emotional, and financial toll on unpaid family caregivers. Here are a few ways caregivers can access available funds to compensate for their time and investment in caregiving.
How caregiving can reveal your strengths
If you have found yourself lost in the weeds of caregiving and unable to clearly see yourself or the bigger picture of what you’re doing well, this is a great time to pause for a strengths check. Uncover your unique gifts and aptitudes for caregiving and beyond with some approachable prompts for spotting your strengths.
A caregiver’s guide to navigating the stages of Alzheimer’s and dementia
As your loved one experiences progressing stages of Alzheimer’s or dementia, your caregiving journey also changes. Explore what caregiving life may look like through the early, middle, and late stages of Alzheimer’s or dementia and discover ways to care for yourself throughout the process.
Practicing mindfulness as a caregiver: a beginner’s guide
As the demands on your time and energy snowball, you know in your heart that you need space and rest — that you need to reorient and ground yourself to regain control. Reclaim your sense of peace and power by practicing mindfulness with three beginner-friendly practices curated specifically for caregivers.
Caregivers: support your nervous system with a calming playlist
As you approach the demanding and meaningful work of familial caregiving day in and day out, you may notice a significant impact on your nervous system. Building a playlist for relaxation and meditation is a calming support that will help you decrease the impact of stress and feel more steady. Here are five benefits of a calming playlist and some videos and songs to consider adding to your go-to playlist.
Navigating opinions and pressures as a caregiver: when other family members weigh in on dementia care
When you step into the primary caregiver role for a loved one with Alzheimer’s, dementia, or another condition, you may also experience others sharing unsolicited opinions and suggestions. Approach conversations with family members regarding the care of your loved one while honoring your relationships.
Nine reasons to connect with other caregivers
Caregiving can be an isolating experience. Connecting with other people who understand what you’re going through can help. In this article, we talk about nine reasons to connect with other caregivers.
Nine experiences familial caregivers can relate to
This post includes nine experiences many caregivers encounter, plus practical steps to consider if you find yourself actively in one or more of these experiences. If you’re a caregiver, you can use this list to feel less alone, be mindful of what may lie ahead, and spot signs that you need more support.
Coping with caregiver guilt
Even if often misplaced, guilt feelings are normal – even expected – for caregivers. Learning how to face your guilty feelings and realize the gift in them is key to being an effective, whole-hearted caregiver. In this article, I address how to resolve guilt and take back your power constructively.
Simple dementia-friendly activities to do with your loved one
Spending quality time with your loved one can help strengthen your bond and build lasting memories even under difficult circumstances. Here is a list of simple Alzheimer’s and dementia-friendly activities you can enjoy with your loved one with minimal cost and effort.
Overcoming overwhelm: four options when you’re in the thick of it
Caring for a loved one adds to your physical responsibilities, increases your mental load, and can affect your emotional stability. All of these factors combined can lead to periods of significant caregiver overwhelm. In this article, we explore immediate steps you can take when you find yourself overwhelmed.
Not your average caregiver resource list
Caregiving can feel isolating, but a wealth of support resources are available if you know where to look. Here are eight people and organizations to connect with to feel less alone.
Five stress-reducing financial tips for family caregivers
When a loved one is diagnosed with dementia, Alzheimer’s, or another condition that requires long-term care, familial caregivers face several new considerations, including choices that impact finances. While financial circumstances are unique to each family, here are five universal tips to help you reduce financial surprises.
Seven super-human powers inside of you
Unpaid family caregivers face daily challenges requiring a special skill set, extraordinary courage, and tremendous compassion. Caregivers have unique superpowers and rarely get the credit they deserve. In this post, we pause and reflect on a handful of ways caregivers exhibit super-human qualities that often go unnoticed.