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Category: Reclaim Your Life

Grieving woman

The Opportunity to Pause: Leaning into a Life Interrupted while Caregiving

September 27, 2019 Wendy Pearson

By Wendy Pearson, President of the Caregivers’ Social Network Do a simple search and you will come up with a…

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Posted in: Career, Caregiving 101, Life After Caregiving, Reclaim Your Life, Uncategorized, Wellness

The Importance of Boundaries in Relationships

September 9, 2019 Tracey Pearson

By Tracey Lynn Pearson, MSW, PLMHP CSN Contributor, Social Worker and Licensed Mental Health Professional “I just feel like I have…

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Posted in: Caregiving 101, Reclaim Your Life, Relationships, Uncategorized, Wellness

Dealing with the Feelings of Caregiving: A New Relationship Dynamic

June 18, 2019 Tracey Pearson

By Tracey Lynn Pearson, MSW, PLMHP CSN Contributor, Social Worker and Licensed Mental Health Professional Let’s be honest.  Caregiving is…

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Posted in: Career, Caregiving 101, Reclaim Your Life, Relationships, Uncategorized, Wellness
Toxic People

Dealing With Toxic People When Mourning

June 16, 2018 Caregivers' Social Network

[By Lou LaGrand] It is not uncommon, when coping with great losses, to have a well-meaning friend, acquaintance, or family member…

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Posted in: Life After Caregiving
Probate Law

Your Duties as Will Executor

Caregivers' Social Network

[By Nguyen Quang Minh Hoang] What is an executor? The will maker can appoint one person alone or several people together…

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Posted in: Life After Caregiving
Man in grief

The Difficult Grief a Caregiver Endures

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[By Patricia Mombourquette] Grief is never easy but for the caregiver, who has witnessed the slow deterioration in health and…

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Posted in: Life After Caregiving
Woman with head bowed

You Must Let Go of the Guilt

Caregivers' Social Network

[By Shelley Webb] When I woke up this morning, I was crying. I had been dreaming about my father (who…

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Posted in: Life After Caregiving
Taxes

Tax Advice for Caregivers

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[By Chintamani Abhyankar] If you are caring for a relative or person who has lived with you for a year or…

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Posted in: Finances
Ball of Money

Family Caregivers: Get Reimbursed for Providing Homecare Services

Caregivers' Social Network

[By Jill Gilbert] Many of us will gladly take Mom to her doctor’s appointments, administer medications, and check in if…

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Posted in: Finances
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The Financial Impact of Being a Caregiver

Caregivers' Social Network

[By Maria Sandella] Being a caregiver is more than just cooking a meal or two. You are essentially taking over not…

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Posted in: Finances
Budgeting

Supporting Aging Parents with their Finances 

Caregivers' Social Network

[By Scott D. Serfass] Keeping track of finances takes time, attention and energy at any age. In the case of older…

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Posted in: Caregiving 101, Finances
Woman Stressed

Five Resources to Help Pay for Senior Care

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[By Andrea Avery] Looking for someone to attend to the needs of your aging loved ones can be an intense process.…

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Posted in: Finances
Woman stressed at work

Work, Life and Caregiving:  Four Strategies to Manage Fatigue

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[By Lisa Boesen] If you are an employee and a caregiver, you are one of over 14 million people in…

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Posted in: Career
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Keeping your Job while Caregiving

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[By Brenda Avarian] How do you make sure you’ll keep your job when you need to take time off continually…

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Posted in: Career
Woman works from home

Work from Home with Few Distractions 

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[By Tony Jacowski] There may have been a pressing reason you decided to become a home-based business owner. You may have…

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Posted in: Career
Stressed Executive

Both Executive and Caregiver? Avoiding Burnout

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[By Gary E. Wood] At work you are an executive, a leader among leaders, looked to for critical direction. At home…

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Posted in: Career
Caregivers' Wife

Being the Caregiver’s Wife

Caregivers' Social Network

[By Susan Baida] My father-in-law, Ken, had Parkinson’s disease since the time my husband, John, and I first met. The way…

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Posted in: Relationships
Couple on Date

Illness in the Family: How to Handle Dating when Your Family Needs You

Caregivers' Social Network

[By Tonja Weimer] “How can I get my dating partner to be kind and understanding about an illness we have in…

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Posted in: Relationships
Balance

Caregiver’s Self-Kindness: Finding What Works Best

June 15, 2018 Caregivers' Social Network

[By Harriet Hodgson] Lack of self-kindness can lead to the loss of identity, the blues, symptoms of depression, or a…

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Posted in: Wellness
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Gardening With an Aging Loved One? Crops That Make “Cents”

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[By Shelley Webb] I have written several times about how gardening is a wonderful activity to share with an aging…

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Posted in: Wellness

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