Knowledge For Caregivers: Recent Episodes
Kathy Cocks
The Knowledge for Caregivers Podcast will provide practical tips from a geriatric nurse's perspective on how to help your aged love one. The world is experiencing an explosion of people living longer. At some point though, an aged person begins to need help. Most of that help is provided by family members.
Family members usually begin a steep learning curve on how to help their aged loved ones. Every week I will provide practical tips that I use with my own family to help you navigate the care giving role.
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Caregiving for a family member can take a physical and emotional toll. It is important to learn how to split the load to protect caregivers emotional and physical health.
This is the first of a series of episodes that deals with what are some first steps family members should take to assist someone with dementia. This episode focuses on safety.
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Many times elderly spouses become a caregiver and the task becomes overwhelming and it is time to look at alternate living situations. Spouses then have to make the difficult decision to move one spouse into a facility.
What is the difference between a power of attorney and a guardianship? What is an executor? Listen to find out.
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How to manage our relationships with our older loved ones as they become more dependent on us.
Where and what to report of an older disabled person is being abused, neglected and exploited
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This has a list of resources at the bottom that I found very helpful.
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Swallowing difficulties can be common in older adults. Know what to look for and how to mitigate problems.
What is a urinary tract infection in older adults and what does it look like? Listen to find out.
Find out how to monitory your loved one's medication to ensure they are not taking too much medication.
Listen as Kathy discusses anxiety in seniors and how it can mimic other help conditions making it difficult to diagnose.
Learn what hospice is really about and be prepared when it is time to make a decision about hospice.
Is it still safe for our loved ones to drive and what are other options for transportation?
Listen to find out why it is important to know if your loved one is on any blood thinners and how to prevent complications.
What considerations need to happen to determine if someone can live at home and move home from a care center.
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D—Doctors need date
E—Empathy, show it
A—Ask questions
L—Listen to what the doctor is saying.
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Other websites to further explore this subject. Check out my website at Kathysconsulting.com or send me an email at info@kathysconsulting.com
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