Caregiver's Tool Kit
The term caregivers refers to the provision of assistance to another person who is ill, disabled, or needs help with daily activities. It often requires attention to the physical, mental, social, and psychological needs and well-being of both the caregivers and the person requiring care.
Caregiving responsibilities will touch almost all of us at some point in our lives. With an aging population and with many caring for ill and disabled children and young adults, an increasing number of people are family caregivers.
Here are some reads that offer practical suggestions to support caregivers identify and differentiate degrees of impairment along several domains, while ensuring that caregivers are able to understand and navigate communication changes from their patient to improve their quality of life.
Taming the Chaos of Dementia
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