Caregivers: 4 Tips to Prevent Stress
If you are caring for a family member or loved one who is seriously ill or disabled, remember this. You might even write it down and hang it by your loved one’s bed: Caregivers who take care of...
View Article3 Tips for Alzheimer’s Caregivers
If you are taking care of someone with Alzheimer’s at home, you’re not alone; this is a common scenario. There are ways to help you cope with the challenges, including stress — and the sadness and...
View ArticleHow Do I Tell My Children I Have Cancer?
Breaking the news to your child that you have cancer is an emotional roller coaster and there are no absolute right or wrong ways to do it. It’s like so much of life and parenting — you do the best you...
View ArticleSeniors: Stay Safe in the Heat (Video)
The Senior Games are a summertime showcase for older athletes. They know, being both athletes and seniors, for them heat exposure can be especially dangerous. When the heat kicks in, older people are...
View ArticleWhen Caregivers Become Patients (Video)
Imagine you work in the health care industry: You have the knowledge. You make the rules. Until one day you yourself experience a major health problem. Suddenly, everything changes. Now, you’re the...
View Article3 Questions to Ask If Your Loved One Is in the ICU
Contributor: Duncan Hite, MD, Department Chair, Critical Care Medicine The Medical Intensive Care Unit, or what people commonly call the ICU, can be just that – intense. Most patients are admitted...
View ArticleHow You Can Help a Spouse With Cancer
Contributor: Jamie Kabat, BSN, MSN, CNP One of the most frequent – and touching – questions we get on the Cancer Answer Line is from people whose spouses or partners have been newly diagnosed with...
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9 Tips for Caring for Your Family and Yourself (Slideshow)
Life’s hectic – seemingly increasingly so. You take care of your children, your spouse, perhaps even your parents and are still ought to (at least occasionally) carve out time for yourself. Impossible?...
View ArticleWho Is On Your Cancer Support Team?
Contributor: Josette Snyder, RN, MSN, AOCN Learning that you have cancer can make you feel terribly isolated. Suddenly you find yourself in a new, unfamiliar world. But you are not alone. Take a few...
View ArticleAre You a Caregiver? Take Care of Yourself, Too
Contributor: Jamie Kabat, BSN, MSN, CNP Many of the patients we see at Taussig Cancer Institute have someone at home or a close friend who is helping them. This person – a caregiver – often is a...
View ArticlePalliative Care Gives Your Loved Ones Support for Living With Disease
Hospice and palliative care are terms often mistakenly used interchangeably. People tend to associate them both with the end of life. But that’s not always the case. Despite what many people may think,...
View ArticleHow to Care for a Loved One With Leukemia
If you are taking care of a husband, wife or another family member with leukemia, you probably have questions. You may wonder: Do I know what I really need to know about this disease? How can I best...
View Article5 Ways You Can Help a Spouse With Cancer
Hearing the news that your spouse was just given cancer diagnosis can be devastating. Your first thought might be how you can help and support them through this life-changing diagnosis and the coming...
View ArticleCaring for Someone With Huntington’s Disease
A family member has just been diagnosed with Huntington’s disease. And you’re the primary caregiver. It can be an overwhelming time full of changes and transitions for both you as the caregiver and...
View ArticleWhat To Do When Someone With Alzheimer’s Disease Wanders
There are few things scarier than a loved one going missing — especially when the individual in question is unable to fend for themselves. Caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia...
View ArticleHow To Care for Someone With Lymphoma
A cancer diagnosis can be shocking and upsetting not just for the person receiving the diagnosis, but also for their loved ones. It can be hard to process the news at first and difficult to reconcile...
View ArticleHow To Explain Your Lymphoma Diagnosis to Friends and Family
Understanding and processing your cancer diagnosis can be challenging. While coming to terms with having lymphoma, you may have to field questions and concerns from family and friends who want to...
View ArticleSelf-Care Tips for Caregivers: Your Health Matters, Too
What did you want to be when you grew up? An author, an astronaut, an architect, an actor? Whatever life you dreamed of for yourself, you probably never imagined the possibility of juggling your...
View ArticleHow To Support Someone With Diabetes-Related Macular Edema
As is true with many medical conditions, the experience of diabetes-related macular edema (DME) varies from person to person. This means a one-size-fits-all approach to caregiving isn’t going to work....
View ArticleAlzheimer’s Disease and Weight Loss: Why It Happens and What Can Be Done
Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease is a tough job, no doubt. And as your loved one’s condition progresses, new reasons to worry come up all the time. Among those (many) common concerns are...
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