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    A place where Caregivers come together to share common experiences, challenges,and resources. 

    Caregivers are truly experts in patient management and can help each other because of their intensive experience in patient care at home. Caregivers can ask questions to others on this forum going through a similar caregiving experiences. They can start topics and discuss things like ways to manage daily tasks, where to find doctors, nurses, and other health services, how they manage stress, and any other topics related to caring for their loved one and for themselves. It is a great place for Caregivers to come and chat about the issues that affect them on a day to day basis and take time to focus on their own needs and health.

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  • Should we provide special services for special people?
    Or should we aspire to a world where inclusive services are the norm, and hence ‘unremarkable’? Dr Justin Lee, Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, discusses what it means to be a truly inclusive society. When meeting or interacting with a young person with disabilities, people often are unsure of how to behave. They may ignore the person or be overly effusive. Can you tell us some dos and don'ts, and some key points to keep in mind. Yes, the ‘overly…
  • 4 Strategies to Help Men Get Through Depression
    Depression is devastating, insidious, it can break up relationships and ruin friendships, but with the right tools and support, it can be beaten. Caring for a man who is suffering from depression can be even harder, because depression isn't often seen - it's felt.  4 tips for a caregiver to balance your way through a mine field of defensiveness, denial, anger, and despondence.  Tip #1 Understand His Depression "There are wounds that never show on the body that are…
  • Caregiving Tips for Parkinson's Disease
    Caregiving is a challenging job. Depending on the severity of the condition, you have to be prepared to do the following: Accompany the person with Parkinson’s disease for their medical appointments Install safety features around the house Get additional help if you are not around to monitor and assist the patient Additionally, remember that a good relationship and communication with the patient keeps them and you happier and healthier. Look after your own health and mental wellbeing.…
  • Patients with multiple chronic illnesses may reduce visits to Hospital in Singapore
    Older people with chronic conditions often suffer from multiple illnesses and it is very confusing and taxing for them to see different specialists at different times. Its also very hard for them and their family caregivers to follow different instructions from different clinics and doctors. So this is definitely a great initiative by TTSH to simplify one aspect of care for the elderly Struggling with multiple illnesses including diabetes, high blood pressure, gout attacks and chronic kidney…
  • Stress Management
    Your doctor may suggest some of the following self-help strategies:  Self-understanding: Know what is causing you stress  Self-management: Be more organised, control your thoughts Self-talk: Stand in front of a mirror and counsel yourself Conflict resolution: Make ways to resolve smaller conflicts that may snowball into bigger ones. Positive attitude: See the upside of the situation  Breathing exercises: Do pranayama Try meditation  Exercise Alter your diet: Add vegetables…
  • Healing the mind after a stroke
    How stroke affects understanding and behaviour and how to regain lost ground. By Porrselvi A.P. a cognitive and psychosocial interventions specialist What happens in a stroke Stroke or Cerebro Vascular Accident (CVA) happens when there is either a block in the supply of blood to an area of the brain or when there is bleeding within the brain tissue. When this happens, areas of the brain do not receive sufficient amount of blood and nutrients they require and are damaged.…
  • The Art of Caregiving - The 4 Step Guide to Better Caregiving
    As a family caregiver of a loved one who is ill, you are juggling multiple jobs. You are nurse, counsellor, dietitian, secretary, friend and emotional anchor – all rolled into one.  However sincere you are about your responsibilities, the stress can mount up quickly and cascade onto the lives of others in the household. How do you keep your patient well and happy and keep yourself and your family calm and happy, too?  The Caregiver’s Guidebook brings you ideas to help…
  • Management of Dementia
    Managing the condition Dementia generally gets worse with age but the development of symptoms can often be slowed with drugs or other treatments. Treatment of dementia usually aims to improve memory and concentration, reduce psychiatric problems, and improve the quality of life for both the patient and their family. Read here for various treatment options: http://www.patientsengage.com/conditions/dementia/treatments Improving quality of life: There are several psychological techniques to…
  • 10 Tips on Communicating with a Patient with Dementia
    Ekta Hattangady became her mother’s primary caregiver when she was 13. Her mother had Early Onset Alzheimer’s at age 43. Hindsight is always 20-20. I was an Alzheimer’s caregiver between 18-15 years ago. The world was a different place then. The internet was not as big as it is today and nor was Alzheimer’s a household name. Not in India, anyway. As time has passed, my work with families and people with dementia has increased and my level of knowledge about the disease has grown…
  • Alzheimer’s – a most wretched disease
    Balbir Singh Rawat, now 87, looked after his wife who had Alzheimer’s Disease. He talks of the challenges, learnings and what we, as a society, need to do to tackle this scourge of the elderly. My wife’s troubles started sometime in 2005 when she was hardly 70 yrs old, the prime age of a grandma. The disease crept in so slowly that none noticed the subtle changes in her behaviour by way of reactions to external stimuli.  When we did notice, it was too late to avail of any chance of…
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Adult night diapers overflowing
Question received from a caregiver: My mother in law is 69 yrs old. Just started using adult diapers (L/XL Premium pullups by Dignity). She is also going through treatment for kidney disease (not on dialysis) and have many health complications. She…
RESEARCH ON MALE CAREGIVING EXPERIENCES
Hello everyone! My name is Chandrima Das, and I am currently pursuing my masters in Applied Psychology from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. This message concerns my dissertation which is an essential part of my coursework. For my…
Home needed for 78 year old with schizophrenia in Mumbai
Request received. Any inputs welcome: I need to find a suitable home for caregiving to my uncle. He is 78 yrs old and a schizophrenic. He is in #Mumbai. We have tried to keep him in old age homes, but due to his behavioural problems it didn't work…
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AIIMS to provide End of Life Care to terminally ill non cancer patients too
Delhi: AIIMS has decided to provide to end-of-life care (EOLC) that attempts to reduce the suffering of terminally ill patients and to ensure dignified death for non-cancer patients. They are currently working on the details. This is a welcome move…
Destined to Hell- Caregivers of violent Schizophrenics
My 79 yrs old father is a patient of schizophrenia for ages now and had stopped taking treatment after 2013. he claims he is absolutely sane and everybody around if conspiring against him and gets physically aggressive. Even though a senior citizen…
Query regarding a patient
Haii,My name is Godwin staff nurse currently am looking aft one patient who was affected with brain stroke before 2 years and comparing to past year he improved lot but he is having trecostomy so quit offen he affected by infection can you suggest…
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