Category: Caregiving Tips

  • Concerns and Difficulties Family Caregivers Face

    Concerns and Difficulties Family Caregivers Face

    4 Top concerns and difficulties family caregivers face. Concerns and difficulties are just part of taking care of an aging parent or other aged loved one and is a act of love. Caregiving is very time-squeezing and will lead to all kinds of issues and concerns. Both the caregiver and their families are affected. Being […]

  • Caregiver Duties and Responsibilities…

    Caregiver Duties and Responsibilities…

    Caregiver duties and responsibilities for the elderly… My duty and job as a caregiver became so much more when I officially became mom’s primary caregiver. Tasks that I took over was: all of mom’s finances doctor appointments meal preparations bathing and dressing shopping for mom grooming keeping the house mow yard do laundry This is […]

  • Your Guide to In Home Personal Care

    The 2018 Ultimate Guide to In Home Personal Care I moved in with my mother while going thru a tough divorce never thinking I’d actually end up being mom’s in home personal care aide. I figured I’d be there just a few weeks or months. A few short weeks later mom came close to having […]

  • Caring For Elderly Parent At Home

    Caring For Elderly Parent At Home

    Caring For Elderly Parent At Home Caring for elderly parent at home is exactly what Donna aka The Crazy Caregiver is here to show you that although there are new nursing homes and assisted facilities popping up in our local area still many people I know are caring for an elderly parent at home, if at […]

  • Role Reversal

    Role Reversal

    What does role reversal look like? Role Reversal is a noun and is defined as a circumstance where two people adopt opposite roles of their normal one or switch roles. As the primary caregiver for our mother, I thought myself and mom would be the center around which everything would revolve. When it didn’t, I suffered […]

  • What Involves Caring For An Elderly?

    What Involves Caring For An Elderly?

    What Involves Caring For An Elderly Parent. What is Care Giving? Caring for an elderly becomes necessary when they reach the stage in their lives where they are physically unable to care for their own bodies or other daily needs. This task is a physically and emotionally difficult one for the one assigned to do […]

  • How To Make Peace With Yourself

    How To Make Peace With Yourself

    How To Make Peace With Yourself and Your Loved One because the everyday struggles caring for an aging parent can be daunting at times. Good Day my sweet Caregivers, Can I be upfront with you today?  Will that be OK?  You need to make peace with yourself. A friend that I met while taking a […]