The Balancing Act of Caring for Older Parents and School-Aged Children

If your days are full of managing a home, working, parenting, being a caregiver for older parents, and attempting to squeeze in time for yourself while nurturing other relationships, welcome to the sandwich generation! Made up of those ages 35 – 54 who are “sandwiched” between meeting the needs of both children at home and […]

The Balancing Act of Caring for Older Parents and School-Aged Children

If your days are full of managing a home, working, parenting, being a caregiver for older parents, and attempting to squeeze in time for yourself while nurturing other relationships, welcome to the sandwich generation! Made up of those ages 35 – 54 who are “sandwiched” between meeting the needs of both children at home and […]

Experiencing Caregiver Guilt? We Have the Solution to Help Restore Peace.

If you’re providing care for an older loved one, you likely know this emotion all too well: caregiver guilt. It doesn’t matter how much time and effort we spend taking care of a senior loved one, somehow it never quite seems to be enough, leaving us thinking we could have done more, shown more kindness, […]

Looking to Reduce Caregiving Stress? Humor Can Help!

We’ve all had “one of those days” – you’ve hit the snooze button one too many times and missed a significant meeting, the coffee maker picked today to cease working, you stumbled over the dog, dropping your phone and smashing the screen, and to make it even worse, you feel a cold coming on; and […]

Caregiver Burnout: Learn the Warning Signs, and Seek Help

Providing care for an older or disabled loved one is certainly a noble and rewarding undertaking, but unfortunately, it also can place strain and stress on family members. Meeting the needs of someone else means having less time to take care of our own needs. No one can do it all, and sooner or later, […]