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Caregiving Poll
How do you pass the time in waiting rooms?
I read.
I knit (or crochet or needlepoint..).
I journal.
I worry.
I talk with staff.
I catch up on phone calls.
I take catnaps.


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Caregiving Special Focus
Caregiving is hard. Caregiving while holding down a job is really hard. We offer some quick, simple tips for the employed caregiving and small business owner to help manage two demanding roles that can really complicate life. Read more...

And, visit here for an index of Special Focus articles.

Just Like You
Our judges have chosen winners of our Annual Caregiver of the Year contest! Read their stories--you'll see yourself in each one.
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Your Weekly Tip
The Social Security Administration has created a campaign designed to ‘help mothers save on prescription drugs’. The campaign is targeted to reach friends, family members and caregivers of Medicare beneficiaries who may be eligible for the extra help that is available for their prescription drug costs. Read more...

The Caregiving Years
Caregiving is a journey of six stages; your journey begins when you first begin to worry that a family member might need help and intensifies as you begin to help and then begin to care (or oversee care). So, where are you?

Ask Denise
I have small children...( he is the only father they have ever known and they are being treated as unimportant in this situation.). The idea was that the kids making noise and such would cause Bill to heal less effectively. I am ashamed that I LET my husband be taken from me. It has been two months and he is not home with me. Read more...


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Denise's blog looks into the life behind the site, including visits to the day job that pay the bills, peeks into her personal life and glimpses into her life’s goals.



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When caring for an aging relative, you may feel life has turned upside down.

You may find yourself asking:
Why me? Why now? What now?

We'll help you find your answers.

Caregiving may be one of the hardest roles you'll ever have; we'll help you play your part with dignity, graciousness and wisdom.


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Be sure to read our updated FAQs of Caregiving. And, take a virtual visit of Foundation for Senior Living, an organization helping Phoenix-area family caregivers find comfort and hope. Visit now...

Support Center
Read about Theresa, who recently gained an insight: As a child, she was a family caregiver. And, learn how to resolve conflict with your aging relative and protect your care recipient's financial security. Don't miss our Caregiving 101 section. Visit now...

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Our teleclass, The Caregiving Years, will show you your way. Coaching Family Caregivers will teach you the difference your words make. Sign up today for teleclasses that begin next week! Register now...

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