Balancing Caring for Aging Parents and School-Aged Children

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

A Laugh A Day Keeps Caregiving Stress Away!

Life often hands us “one of those days” – you’ve slept through the alarm and missed an important appointment, the coffee maker chose today to quit working, you tripped over the shoes left beside the bed, dropping your phone and smashing the display screen, and to top it all off, you feel a cold coming […]

Warning Signs of Caregiver Burnout and How to Get Help

Caring for a senior loved one brings with it so many rewards, but at the same time, it can also leave family members feeling drained, stressed, and overburdened. Meeting another person’s needs goes hand in hand with having less time to meet our own needs. We can’t do it all, and eventually something (or someone) […]