Contributing Author: John Francis Guest Article | Published on Caregiverology.com Published by Derek Tanner, RN Registered Nurse | Healthcare Experience Since 2009 Caregiving is providing regular care and assistance with daily living for the physical and emotional needs of seniors or disabled family members or friends at home or to residents in a long-term care … Read more
Written by Derek Tanner, RN Registered Nurse | Healthcare Experience Since 2009 If you just entered the caregiving field, don’t feel intimidated. Approximately 40 million Americans offer free or uncompensated care to family members and their loved ones. People need care because of several reasons. A National Alliance for Caregiving survey found that three in … Read more
Contributing Author: Leamon Hood Jr Guest Article | Published on Caregiverology.com Published by Derek Tanner, RN Registered Nurse | Healthcare Experience Since 2009 If you consider yourself to be a typical family caregiver, like me, you haven’t received any training to become proficient at caregiving. For this reason, it is incredibly helpful to have a … Read more
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Written by Derek Tanner, RN Registered Nurse | Healthcare Experience Since 2009 Easiest zippers I’ve ever zipped! CareZips Classic pants are a one of a kind product designed with patients as well as their caregivers in mind. The primary customer who would benefit from them include the elderly and the disabled. More specifically, individuals with … Read more
Written by Derek Tanner, RN Registered Nurse | Healthcare Experience Since 2009 Caregiver care is just as important as patient care. As caregivers, we often spend so much time caring for others, we forget to care for ourselves. It’s very easy to do and it can happen so fast. If you don’t take care of … Read more
Written by Derek Tanner, RN Registered Nurse | Healthcare Experience Since 2009 As caregivers, we should all have very good caregiver communication between each other, as well as communication between our patients. AIDET helps us achieve this with our patients and SBAR with healthcare workers specifically. Without it, our care can turn out to be not so caring. … Read more
Written by Derek Tanner, RN Registered Nurse | Healthcare Experience Since 2009 Do you disagree with something on this website? Let me know what it is down below. It can be a personal opinion or something I am completely wrong about. I will be the first one to tell you that I am not the … Read more
Written by Derek Tanner, RN Registered Nurse | Healthcare Experience Since 2009 Unfortunately, caregivers often fall into caregiver depression by letting their emotions get the best of them. It is important that you avoid this at all costs. If you are starting to feel upset and down often, seek help immediately before you become overwhelmed. … Read more
Written by Derek Tanner, RN Registered Nurse | Healthcare Experience Since 2009 If you are looking for caregiver information to download and print or posters to purchase for future reference, you’ve come to the right place. Simply click any of the links below to view, download, and print the content. PDF is the format used. … Read more