Showing posts with label caregiver health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label caregiver health. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Resources for Caregivers

Support for Family Caregivers of Loved Ones with Serious Illness
[From the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine]
Especially see the Orientation to Caregiving Handbook and Tools for Caregivers.

Caregiving & Support
[From the UCSF Memory and Aging Center]

As a caregiver, what can I do to make caregiving easier on me?
[From the American Academy of Family Physicians]

Caregiver Health
[From the American Medical Association]

So Far Away: Twenty Questions and Answers About Long-Distance Caregiving
[From the National Institute on Aging]



Additionally, come into the Patient Health Library to read the following articles:
-Caregiving at a distance in the September 2011 issue of Consumer Reports on Health
-Adjusting goals, avoiding self-blame lowers stress for caregiviers in the September 2011 issue of DukeMedicine HealthNews