5 Things Family Caregivers Want You To Know This Holiday Season

Caregiving Matters community, here’s a great article that was recently published by the Huffington Post that may help your loved ones understand what to say, what not to say, and how to help this holiday season be a little merrier for you. We suggest you share!

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Video shows caregivers how to restore, rejuvenate and relax with music

“Music is life, and life is music,” says musician Jill Kulchar. In this video, she helps us understand how music can help caregivers restore, rejuvenate and relax.

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Caregiver’s Guide to a Stress-Free Holiday

Christmastime can be particularly difficult for caregivers. When you are responsible for the health and well being of someone else every day of the year including holidays, you may feel like you cannot participate in events as you would like.

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‘Please give me some money!’: Former millionaire, 92, says own children took his life savings

Financial elder abuse on the rise in Canada, RCMP says.

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Dementia Rates Are Falling In The U.S.

The reasons for this decline may be related to higher educational levels.

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Don’t be a victim! Video helps older adults avoid frauds and scams

In this video presentation, Constable Jason Peddle, Vulnerable Persons Coordinator, Toronto Police Service, speaks about some of the current frauds and scams against older, often isolated people.

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I can feel burnout lurking.

The success of your caregiving will depend on your ability to maintain your health: physical, mental and social.

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Introducing the Estate Planning Project

Mary Bart introduces the Estate Planning Project

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Older Caregivers Cafes Update

Watch our 6 newest videos for family caregivers.

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The burden of caregiving on a recipient

Writer Paul Lima shares his candid thoughts on being a caregiving recipient and the effect it has had on his partner and their lives.

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