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Episode 26: Secondary Caregivers Relieving Primary Caregivers Through Circles of Care

Caregivers Out Loud Go Back to Podcast Overview About this Episode How can building a circle of care around yourself help you continue to deliver the best care? Even the most devoted and capable caregiver needs support in their role. From weekends away to help around the house, letting another caregiver take some of the […]

Episode 25: Juggling Roles: Finding Balance When Caring for a Parent

How do you navigate the transition from child to caregiver of a parent while supporting both their dignity and your own wellness? Caring for an aging or ill parent comes with countless responsibilities, from prepping meals and scheduling medication to attending appointments and much more. While this shift to caregiver is, in some ways, a […]

Episode 24: Caregiving for a Partner: Intimacy Reimagined

How do you maintain an intimate relationship when you become a caregiver for your spouse or partner? Sharing life as a couple means facing and overcoming countless challenges. For so many, the ultimate challenge begins when an illness is uncovered, and one of you must become a caregiver to the other. Rene faced this transition […]

Coping with Losses In The Caregiver Role

November 5, 2024

Family caregiving brings with it many changes for everyone involved. Among these is the loss of each person’s expectations for how their future will be. Although we expect to grieve when someone dies or is diagnosed with a terminal illness, many people don’t anticipate the many losses we can experience as we adjust to changes […]

Episode 23: Planning Life’s Final Choices: A Guide to End-of-Life Dialogue

Caregivers Out Loud Go Back to Podcast Overview How do you begin the difficult dialogue around end-of-life wishes for your care recipient? When you are the caregiver for someone whose health is declining, the reality of death can be overshadowing and feel frightening to acknowledge. So often, it’s as though we fear that simply speaking […]

The Caregiving Path: What Phase Are You In?

July 30, 2024

By Kate Landreth, Education and Learning Lead at Family Caregivers of BC (FCBC) and Wendy Johnstone, Director of Programs and Innovation, FCBC Caregiving is often a winding path, with many twists and turns. Your role as a family caregiver is unique, dynamic, and varied, and you will experience different phases of caregiving over time. For example, […]

“A SPOUSE ALONE”

Q: “My wife suffers from Multiple Sclerosis. I’ve looked after her at home for many years, but last year I got to the point where I couldn’t continue to care for her and keep my business going at the same time with my own health collapsing. We couldn’t afford the full-time help she needed at […]

MANAGING THE TRANSITION TO FACILITY PLACEMENT

At some point in the caregiving journey many families are faced with the decision of facility placement. This decision is often precipitated by a crisis or a change in health and becomes necessary either because the care recipient is no longer able to safely remain at home or because family members can no longer provide […]

FACILITY PLACEMENT

COPING WITH THE MOVE Talk about it a lot: You will have a lot of mixed feelings about this: relief, anger, sadness, anxiety, guilt. Your family will also experience a whole range of thoughts and feelings. It’s important to talk this through and accept your feelings as legitimate. Talk to someone impartial. Take your time. […]

CHECKING IN ON HOW YOU ARE FEELING

Stages of Caregiving FRUSTRATION Wide range of emotions surface ISOLATION RESENTMENT DETACHMENT RELIEF vs. DESPAIR IMPORTANT CAREGIVER QUESTIONS Solution Possibilities VENT: LET IT OUT BEFORE EXPLODING CONCENTRATE ON THE EXTERNAL ALTER IMPOSSIBLE “SHOULDS” NURTURE YOUR INDEPENDENCE DEVELOP POSITIVE FEELINGS (Reprinted by permission from the Alzheimer’s Disease Association of Alaska)Develop coping mechanisms Click here to download […]