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The Heart of the Matter for Young Women Caregivers by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving Of the 65 million Americans caregiving for a loved one with illness, two-thirds are women – meaning that just shy of one-third of all women today are informal caregivers. Mi ... Read on »

The Surprising Face of a Caregiver by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving I openly share the struggle that I had caregiving for my ailing mother when I was just 18 years old. I have often discussed how difficult it was to relate to my peers, whom ... Read on »

For Optimal Caregiving, Delegate Minor Tasks That Are Time-Consuming by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving “Act your age,” my dad gently encouraged me that night. At the age of 21, I had traded keg parties in toga gear for medical procedures in hospital gowns, and a night o ... Read on »

What to Do if You’re Suddenly the Caregiver for a Loved One by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving My mother was the cliché stay-at-home-mom: Dinner was on the table every evening; laundry was washed, folded, and put away twice a week; the refrigerator was forever packed ... Read on »

eCaring by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving We have all heard the alarming statistics regarding healthcare and caregiving; according to AARP, there are 66 million informal caregivers in the United States alone. Fift ... Read on »

Loss of another parent… by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving What do you do when you find out another one of your friends has lost a parent? With social media being the center of our world these days, frequently we find out news s ... Read on »

10 Year Reunion…already? by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving 10 years…What The #$%&? I remember the Chico High Class of 2002’s last assembly- we had to decide whether we wanted a ten-year or five-year reunion. We all sat in the ... Read on »

Cancer: The Adventure of Your Life! By Teresa Matthews by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving Being from a small university town, I fee I have always had an advantage. I am surrounded by individuals from all walks of life, including very successful entrepreneurs, a ... Read on »

A Big Thank You! by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving I have to admit that I have been excited about and dreading this “thank you” post for quite some time. It’s like accepting a Grammy…no joke! I have so many people to tha ... Read on »

A Big Thank You! by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving I have to admit that I have been excited about and dreading this “thank you” post for quite some time. It’s like accepting a Grammy…no joke! I have so many people to thank ... Read on »

Acupuncture In A Nutshell by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving A nice introduction into acupuncture from Chico’s own Olivia Peters-Lazaro, L.Ac., owner of Chico Community Acupuncture. I started Chico Community Acupuncture 2 year ... Read on »

When Was The Last Time You Cried? by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving People release emotions several different ways. In the past, I was a victim of the Ben & Jerry’s eat-a-pint-of-ice-cream emotional release. My favorite form of energy rele ... Read on »

Change… by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving Hey all! Hope everyone has been well. I know it seems as though I have fallen off the face of the earth; no blog posts in a month, and very few comments on all of my fello ... Read on »

It’s Tax Season! by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving Ah yes…it is that time of year again. April 15th is right around the corner and you are probably getting close to writing a nice check to the IRS. As the caregiving proces ... Read on »

Alternative Option Numero Uno: Massage Therapy by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving I have been working as a massage therapist for over five years now, mostly in the sports and pain management field. It was my mother’s cancer metastasizing to her spine ... Read on »

Caregivers: Providing the Best Care Possible By Taking Care of Yourself by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving Amber Paley is a guest post and article writer bringing to us tips for caregivers. Outraged by the rate of abuse in nursing homes, Amber spends much of her professional l ... Read on »

Society Too Serious? by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving I am always inspired to write by the strangest events and thought processes. It is apparent that the last few weeks have been difficult for many of us; the passing of two ... Read on »

Survivors in the San Francisco Bay Area with sleep problems–help test the effects of... by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving Perfect timing! Just as I start my month long quest to educated everyone of their “alternative” options, Army Of Women posts a study opening about the effects of ac ... Read on »

Intro To Alternative by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving Alright, I believe it is time to get back to business. All Things Caregiver is about helpful advice for caregivers, and it seems to have morphed into a “Tory-pity-party” o ... Read on »

It’s Been Three Years… by All Things Caregiver Posted in: Blog Posts in Caregiving It’s January 23rd. Again. One more year has passed since Mom left. Another year of learning what it means to cope, to grieve, to thrive and to live. With each day that pas ... Read on »

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