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General Information about Clostridium difficile (“C-Dif”) Infections, by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. General information about this serious health-care associated bacterium (known to be contracted and spread at a fast increasing . . . → Read More: C-Dif: General Information Discussed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC  C-Difficile Colitis Support Group, by Clostridium Difficile Foundation. General information about Clostridium Difficile. »View Info Clostridium Difficile Colitis, , by cdiffsupport.com. Good, clear basic information about: What is Clostridium Difficile, how is it spread, diagnosed, and normally treated, and what are the alternative treatments used. »View Info Clostridium difficile: A Fact Sheet , by Allegheny County Health Department. A very basic introduction to C-Dif, with simple, short answers to the questions: what is it, what are the symptoms, how is it spread, who is at risk, . . . → Read More: C-Dif Fact Sheet Clostridium Difficile Infections, Overview with links to medical information by MedlinePlus, a Service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, a component of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. »View Info Caregiver stress: Tips for taking care of yourself Useful tips in stress management by By the Mayo Clinic staff. “Caring for a loved one can be a strain on even the most resilient individuals. If you’re a caregiver, take . . . → Read More: Caregiver stress: Tips for taking care of yourself Information on publicly-funded caregiver support programs in each of the 50 states, including consumer direction, eligibility, and services. Check out programs available from the Family Caregiver Alliance National Center on Caregiving>>> Helpful resource guide for Caregiver survival Read more at MedicineNet>>> Good overview of taking care of yourself while caregiving, with a checklist of self-care suggestions, a list of helpful tips to make caregiving easier, and links to resources for caregivers. Read more from HelpGuide.org>>> You must take care of yourself if you are going to be helpful to the one who needs your care! This article discusses support, setting limits, your body, education, emotional health, and respite. Read more from the Family Caregiver . . . → Read More: A Guide to Taking Care of Yourself How our minds change as we age: learning, memory, reaction time, intelligence, life skills. How to develop coping skills, strategies and healthy behaviors. Read more from the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging>>> Use these quizzes, calculators, self-assessments and decision guides to check your knowledge and health status. It should be no surprise that the virtual doctor or decision guides will most likely recommend seeing a real doctor. Try out a virtual . . . → Read More: Health Check Tools Information on Arthritis, by MedicineNet.com, including multiple types of arthritis and arthritis topics. »View Info Taking responsibility for your own care. Steps to managing stress. Steps for seeking solutions. Asking for and accepting help. Starting to exercise (one of the healthiest things you can do). Read more from the Family Caregiver Alliance National Center . . . → Read More: Taking Care of YOU: Self-Care for Family Caregivers The Warning Signs and causes of Stress. Strategies for Managing Stress. Read more from Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service>>> 20 Questions for Long-distance Caregivers. And Caregiver Basics: What You Should Do (or Think About Doing). Some good ideas. Plus how is it that long-distance caregiving makes me feel so guilty all the time? I thought being so far . . . → Read More: So Far Away Some helpful ways of dealing with frustration. Read more at the Family Caregiver Alliance (National Center on Caregiving)>>> A caregiver checklist of medical, legal and financial concerns for someone diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Read more from the Area Agency on Aging>>> Taking care of someone else can be challenging. Taking care of yourself in the process is often harder. Washington State Department of Social & Health Services. ADSA – Aging and Disability Services Administration, suggestions for finding and maintaining emotional support. Detach yourself mentally by practicing “Creative Indifference.” Learn something new. Savor happy memories. Read More »»» By Claire Berman, for Parade Learn about the illness. Ask for help—and be specific. Maintain contact with friends. Seek assistance within your community. Keep the focus clear. Find support in a group. Enjoy life outside of the caretaker role. . . . → Read More: What Caregivers Need To Know Recognize stress when you see it in yourself. Humor is often the best medicine Read more from the Washington State Department of Social & Health Services>>> Antibiotic-associated diarrhea, , MayoClinic.com. A discussion of symptoms, and how antibiotics cause recurrences of C-Dif like diarrhea, risk factors, when to seek medical advice, tests and diagnosis, potential complications, and treatments. »View Info Infection Control Guidelines Guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Includes both guidelines for patient protection and for protection of health care workers. Isolation, protective covering, and hand hygiene are . . . → Read More: Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Gives C-Dif Infection Control Guidelines Making Sense of … C-Diff; Clostridium Difficile by Azodium.com. Good basic introduction to C-Dif, what it is, and how it is transmitted, diagnosed, and treated, with a particularly good discussion of measures that can be taken to prevent this . . . → Read More: Introduction to C-Dif Infection control measures to limit the spread of Clostridium difficile, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany. This abstract of a scientific article provides a good summary of how the C-Dif infection is so . . . → Read More: Scientific Article Discusses Spread of C-Dif What health benefits do probiotics offer? MayoClinic.com. There is encouraging evidence that probiotics may help treat or prevent diarrhea, especially following treatment with certain antibiotics. »View Info Good discussion of C-Dif, its symptoms, diagnosis, causes, and treatment with antibiotics, metronidazole or vancomycin, probiotics, and other treatments, as well as the role of tapering and pulsing in preventing recurrences. »View Info Forum on C-Dif. Questions from caregivers caring for loved ones with C-Dif, with responses from doctors and other caregivers. »View Info Contains questions and answers from caregivers on issues associated with caring for their elderly loved ones suffering from recurring C-Dif. »View Info Questions from caregivers caring for loved ones with C-Dif, with responses from doctors and other caregivers. »View Info Clostridium Difficile is discussed my multiple sources. »View Info Clostridium Difficile Infection Care Guide, from Drugs.com »View Info Prioritize your time, learn to delegate, make time for yourself every day Read more from the American Heart Association>>> What is respite care? Types available to seniors. Dangers of burnout. Questions to ask. Can support groups help? Read more>>> There is no doubt that caregiving is a tough job, but you can get the help you need. Here are 50 supportive tips from emotional reassurance to suggestions for getting help — from Eldercare.gov. Read more…. By the Alabama Lifespan Respite Resource Network. Getting Information Needed: How do you decide who is best qualified to take care of your loved one? The Written Agreement. Your Record Keeping Responsibilities. Read more>>> Controlling Incontinence, a video introduction by Dr. Dean Edell on HealthCentral.com, covering types of incontenance, their occurrence and . . . → Read More: Watch Video on Controlling Incontinence A discussion of the types, considerations, and causes of urinary incontinence. »View Info Bowel/ Fecal Incontinence, by Cleveland Clinic, Florida. My.ClevelandClinic.org. Includes discussion of diagnostic procedures used to diagnose problems associated with fecal incontinence. »View Info Fecal Incontinence – Tests and Diagnosis, by Mayo Clinic, MayoClinic.com: »View Info Fecal Incontinence – Prevention, by Mayo Clinic, MayoClinic.com: »View Info Kegel exercises: How to strengthen pelvic floor muscles, by Mayo Clinic, MayoClinic.com. »View Info Includes discussion of diagnostic procedures used to diagnose problems associated with fecal incontinence. »View Info Fecal Incontinence – Lifestyle and Home Remedies, , by Mayo Clinic, MayoClinic.com: »View Info Caregiving from the Heart: Tales of Inspiration by Riki Intner and Roberta Cole (Paperback – May 27, 2006). A compilation of caregivers’ stories, touching, moving, uplifting, insightful, some humorous, that makes you feel like you have a support group . . . → Read More: Caregiving from the Heart  Comments are closed  Inspiration & Emotional Care for Caregivers, OurTimeForCare™ - Inspiration & Humor The founder of modern nursing. One of the earliest models of an inspiring caregiver, Florence Nightingale has inspired generations of family and professional caregivers. “Nightingale continued believing (circa 1850) that the death rates were due to poor nutrition and . . . → Read More: Florence Nightingale On Vision: “It gives me a deep, comforting sense that things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal.” “Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity . . . → Read More: Helen Keller Told that he had little chance of surviving, Cousins developed a recovery program incorporating megadoses of Vitamin C, along with a positive attitude, love, faith, hope, and laughter induced by Marx Brothers films. ‘I made the joyous discovery that . . . → Read More: Norman Cousins Nursing Home Checklist from Medicare.gov. Helpful resource in selecting a nursing home for your elderly loved one. Helps you know what questions to ask, and keep track of the information you collect on each potential facility, in an organized . . . → Read More: Nursing Home Checklist Lincoln’s formal education consisted of about 18 months of schooling, but he was largely self-educated and an avid reader. His life was a most inspiring example of overcoming the greatest of odds and continual defeats to rise to universally . . . → Read More: Abraham Lincoln She would have preferred to stay on the Supreme Court for several more years until she was ill and “really in bad shape” but stepped down to spend more time with her husband, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s . . . → Read More: Sandra Day O’Connor Finding the Joy in Alzheimer’s: Caregivers Share the Joyful Times, by Brenda Avadian (paperback), Volume I. Recommended as an uplifting support for those caring for an elderly loved one with Alzheimer’s. Readers have commented: “The stories and poems are . . . → Read More: Finding the Joy in Alzheimer’s The Magic of Humor in Caregiving by James R. Sherman (Paperback – Feb 1995). A book on the therapeutic effects of humor in the caregiving situation. Enlivened by anecdotes, this is a book about how and why humor is . . . → Read More: The Magic of Humor in Caregiving Axioms with a light-hearted touch on memory, and lack of it. Read more>>> Laughter Is The Best Medicine, from Helpguide.org, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping caregivers. Explains why humor literally is the best medicine: “Laughter activates the chemistry of the will to live and increases our capacity to fight disease. Laughing . . . → Read More: Laughter Humor, Laughter and Health, From Helpguide.org On the health benefits of humor and laughter. Laughter can reduce stress, lower blood pressure, boost immune system, improve brain functioning, protect the heart, connect you to others, improve mental and emotional health, . . . → Read More: Humor, Laughter and Health Laughter is the “Best Medicine” for Your Heart, From the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Research links laughter to the healthy function of blood vessels. Read more>>> Humor Survey: How Well Does Your Sense of Humor Protect You From Heart Disease?, From the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Check out your score to see if you have additional laugh protection against heart disease. Read . . . → Read More: Humor Survey Humor and Health, Course by Paul McGhee PhD, author of “Health, Healing and the Amuse System” (Kendall/ Hunt) and President of The Laughter Remedy, a firm which educates healthcare professionals on the benefits of keeping their sense of humor . . . → Read More: Humor and Health The Medicare Advocacy Project By the American Bar Association, Commission on Law & Aging The Medicare Advocacy Project collaborates with the Alzheimer’s Association and the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging to respond to Alzheimer’s-related Medicare inquiries . . . → Read More: The Medicare Advocacy Project Urinary Incontinence, by Aging in The Know, website of the American Geriatrics Society’s Foundation for Health in Aging. Good background information on the types, assessment and causes of urinary incontinence, with particular focus on the different treatments available. »View . . . → Read More: What is Urinary Incontinence and How to Treat It From IncontinenceNetwork.com, part of HealthCentral.com. Includes news on prevention and treatments for incontinence, and related matters. »View Info Incontinence Drug Information, from IncontinenceNetwork.com »View Info Bladder control problems: Medications for treating urinary incontinence, by Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic.com. »View Info Urinary incontinence surgery: When other treatments aren’t enough, by Mayo Clinic, MayoClinic.com. »View Info Fecal Incontinence – Treatments and Drugs, by Mayo Clinic, MayoClinic.com. »View Info The American Academy of Family Physicians, FamilyDoctor.org. discusses treatments and bladder training and management. »View Info Incontinence, by American Geriatrics Society’s Foundation for Health in Aging; discussion for caregivers caring for elders with urinary incontinence, a problem for at least 30% of people over age 60. »View Info Caring for a Loved One with Incontinence, by National Family Caregiver Association. Discusses effective solutions to managing incontinence that can result in increased dignity and improved quality of life for elderly loved ones with these common problems, and less . . . → Read More: Caregiving and Incontinence: Solutions with Dignity Urinary incontinence: Incontinence products to help keep you dry, by Mayo Clinic, MayoClinic.com. Discussion of various products that can be of great assistance in caring for an elderly person with incontinence. »View Info |
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