August is here, and that means the back-to-school rush is starting to ramp up. With the start of the school year only a few weeks away, now is the time to begin school supply shopping, keep up with required school forms and even get your child’s bedtime routine back...
How Do Siblings Avoid Conflict? A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents
Sibling relationships are often complex. The love runs deep and sometimes, so does the rivalry. Patterns established in childhood may continue into adulthood and, under the strain of caring for aging parents, they can add fuel to the fire. During this challenging...
4 Steps to Wound Healing
By Diana (DeeDee) Bycoffe, BSN, RN, CWOCN Nurse Care Manager Recently The Option Group posted a blog entitled, Steps to Take Now to Reduce Your Risk of Falls. To reiterate, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one-fourth of Americans...
Reduce Your Caregiving Burden
By Jackie Tangiers, LCSW-C, CCM, andElaina Thomakos, Care Communication Liaison Being a caregiver to someone you love is more difficult than people think. It can take a toll on your physical and emotional health, perhaps leading to "burnout". You can ease the burden...
How Can Family Caregivers Avoid Life-Threatening Heart-Related Stress
By Lisa Arifer-Polcha, LSW, Care Manager All of us experience stress in our lives. Significant stressors or small, we must deal with and manage stress regularly. Stress can be emotional, physical, or both and directly impacts our body’s blood pressure. Many family...