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Staying healthy is built around four main areas of your life. These broad categories are: sleep, food, exercise and stress management. We need all of these in our lives, so it makes sense to figure out easy ways to address all of them. Here are some quick ideas on how you can make small changes…
Family members want you to be happy, and even if they cannot express that any more, you know that if they were able, they would encourage you to find joy and success. But right now, their happiness becomes the priority and you have to put your own plans on the backburner for a while. Sometimes…
Happiness means different things to different people. It’s so elusive, you can go into a bookshop and pick up a range of titles on the subject and still feel none the wiser once you’ve finished reading. When you’re caring for someone, life can feel very much like it’s on hold and that can be daunting….
Caring can be a rewarding and satisfying experience. Yet, when you are looking after someone with dementia, the experience can be challenging, exhausting and lonely. Finding time for yourself is essential for good self-care, whether that is to sleep, get your hair done, meet friends for coffee or to go to the gym. As tiring…
Being a carer is tough work; no-one is denying it. It seems you’ve got two choices: spend all your time looking after the person you love who is living with dementia, or access full-time nursing care. Admitting you may need help is a difficult decision for a carer, even when the caring duties are causing…
It’s understandably tricky for carers to take time to look after themselves. This post deals with one of the essentials of self-care: nutrition. Busy lives lead to poor decisions for what to eat or simply forgetting to eat. Eating too many of the wrong kinds of foods can lead to sluggishness, lack of energy levels,…
Sleeping well is essential for bringing your A-game, and that’s just what you need to be a super carer. Poor sleep can lead to an array of nasty side effects, not least burn out. We don’t want you to have to deal with that, and as ever, prevention is better than cure. Sleep is a…
“When I drop him off I feel 20 years younger….” Modern life is exhausting with excessive demands on your time and attention. Constantly plugged in, it’s easy to feel stressed out even in your “downtime.” When you’re ready to hit a wall you know you can take a break from work, pass the responsibility to…
“Think about 10 years ago. Would she have ever wanted to hurt you or make you feel the way you feel now?” When a person is diagnosed with dementia, it can often cause more upset to partners and family members than for the person living with the disease. It can affect relationships in various ways….
The term compassion fatigue is used in popular culture to describe the feeling of being jaded by the amount of charitable appeals one experiences daily. It can also be a sense of numbness towards the plethora of news stories and disturbing images we encounter through television and social media. Yet, compassion fatigue has another form,…