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Holidays can be meaningful, enriching times for both the person with Alzheimer’s disease and his or her family. Help make holiday visits go more smoothly by preparing guests for what to expect during interactions with the person with Alzheimer’s. Explain to guests that the person with Alzheimer’s disease does not always remember what is expected and acceptable. Give examples of unusual behaviors that may take place such as incontinence, eating food with fingers, wandering, or hallucinations. If this is the first visit since the person with Alzheimer’s became severely impaired, tell guests that the visit may be painful. The memory-impaired person may not remember guests’ names or relationships but can still enjoy their company. Explain that memory loss is the result of the disease and is not intentional. Stress that the meaningfulness of the moment together matters more than what the person remembers. For more information, visit Helping Family and Friends Understand Alzheimer’s. Get more holiday hints for caregivers. Share this information with others on social media: #Caregivers: help make holiday visits go more smoothly for people with #Alzheimers disease by preparing guests for what to expect when they get there. Learn how: https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/holiday-hints-alzheimers-caregivers

The CDC provides many informational resources and tools to help older adults and their caregivers prepare for emergencies and disasters.

Success with PDGM will revolve around home health clinicians’ compliance with the care planning process. Tina Marrelli and Marie St. Pierre offer expert advice for maximizing success.

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) developed the Palliative Care: Conversations Matter® campaign to increase the use of palliative care for children and teens living with serious illnesses. The campaign includes materials to assist health care providers in starting and continuing conversations about pediatric palliative care with their patients and patients’ families.

In Home Health Aide: Guidelines For Care Instructor Manual (3rd Edition), Tina M. Marrelli, MSN, MA, RN, FAAN, shares advice for organizations providing home health care and hospice aide-related services. Utilizing decades of experience, Marrelli assists organizations providing education for their aides with this comprehensive, user-friendly manual.

New FREE Continuing Education from MMWR and Medscape for public health officials and clinicians who treat and manage patients with or at risk for HIV infection including infectious disease physicians, hematologists/oncologists, internists, and other physicians; nurses; and pharmacists.

Come see us at these upcoming conventions and events…

We are grateful to receive the the 2019 Today’s Caregiver Friendly Award for A Guide For Caregiving: What’s Next! A Guide for Caregiving What’s Next? has been awarded a 2019 Caregiver Friendly® award in the Book category. This award signifies that you and your organization understand the value of supporting family caregivers and have created something that not only helps a caregiver care for their loved ones but also improves his or her quality of life in the process. On behalf of caregivers everywhere, please accept our sincere appreciation for your quality work and congratulations on receiving Today’s Caregiver Magazine’s 2019 Caregiver Friendly® award. “The average caregiver is responsible for over $40,000 in health related expenditures each year, in either personal or directed funds” Says Gary Barg, Today’s Caregiver magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, “This award is designed to help family caregivers recognize and reward those organizations who will care for them in as committed a manner as they care for their loved ones.” About The Caregiver Friendly Awards: The Caregiver Friendly® Awards are presented by Today’s Caregiver magazine to celebrate outstanding books, media, products and services which have been designed with the best interest of the caregiver and his or her loved […]

Announcing the Red Book Hospice Care Planning App to Assist with Improving Care Planning and Individualization of Care

Today’s Caregiver – Interview with award winning caregiving author Tina Marrelli

Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a guide on how to be a great caregiver? Well, this book is about as close to that as it gets.

BabyBoomers.net has compiled a Best Books for Caregivers List that features A Guide to Caregiving: What’s Next?

We are pleased to have 2 books chosen by The American Journal of Nursing’s panel of judges as the most valuable texts of 2018.

BabyBoomers.net has compiled a Best Books for Caregivers List that features A Guide to Caregiving: What’s Next?

United Hospital Fund (UHF) has released the first in a series of reports, Difficult Decisions About Post-Acute Care and Why They Matter, based on a year-long project to better understand why hospital discharge planning can fall short despite well-intentioned efforts by hospital staff. The report spotlights the many factors that can hinder informed decision-making by patients and their families and limit post-acute care choices.

A Guide for Caregiving: What’s Next? was named among Caring.com’s “Best Caregiving Books of 2018”.

ICmed and e-Caregiving, a subsidiary of Innovative Caregiving Solutions LLC, today announced a strategic partnership. The two companies improve patient engagement and health outcomes, in part, with products and technology that support informal and family caregivers, a market Medicare estimates to be sixty-six million in the United States.

The tips provided in this fact sheet will help older adults and their caregivers prepare for disasters.

A resource list of caregiving literature, including research studies. We will update this list with new resources as they are available.

Too much heat is not safe for anyone. It is even riskier if you are older or have health problems. It is important to get relief from the heat quickly.

Six out of every 10 falls happen at home, where we spend much of our time and tend to move around without thinking about our safety. There are many changes you can make to your home that will help you avoid falls and ensure your safety.

Looking for health information in Spanish for older adults? Check out these new Spanish language articles from the National Institute on Aging at NIH.

Senator Elizabeth Dole Endorses Guide for Caregiving: What’s Next?

The new 6th Edition (2018) of The Handbook of Home Health Standards: Quality, Documentation and Reimbursement (The Little Red Book) is available now!

Free resources and information about National Nurses Week!

Changing patient lives through informed caregiving! e-Caregiving is a web-based patient & caregiver education tool that healthcare providers offer those spouses, family, significant others who care for patients at home and away from the healthcare institution. e-Caregiving assists new or experienced caregivers to understand their role, and provides essential support for this difficult challenge.

The 4th Edition of the Nurse Manager Survival Guide (2018) is now available.