Caregiver

As a co-caregivers of a loved one with COPD, we decided pretty early on that we did not want my mother to be alone for an extended time in the hospital...

One of the most intimidating tasks is keeping track of the medications. In the early stages the new medications are manageable, but as things progress, it can get quite overwhelming...

From the time that I was a small child, I learned to push my mom.  She had multiple surgeries when I was young.  At least two of them were major...

If you have been a caregiver longer than 24 hours, you have dealt with a grumpy patient.  Those days when it doesn’t seem like anything that you do is right...

I cared for my mother, who had end-stage COPD, for more than four years. It was tough, emotionally and physically, every day. Of course, it's much harder on the person who...

Now that you have become a caregiver, you will find that everyone has an opinion.  Not only are you hearing these opinions, but your patient is hearing them as well...

There is something that I have learned from many years of having been a co-caregiver for my mother.  You can do more than you think you can.  Your desire to...

You will find other articles about the options for exercise and respiratory therapy, but what is your role as the caregiver for these things?  You are the encourager, towel carrier...

Elaborate houses, immense crops, herds and herds of livestock, and a truly eclectic collection of stuff.  Can you guess what this might describe?  If you said FarmVille, a game played...

In the first few years after my mother’s COPD diagnosis, I spent countless hours researching the disease. The big thing that kept showing up was: “There is no cure.” Those...

Maybe you’re not well versed in the latest gadgets, and maybe you don’t want to be. That is okay for most things, but this is something that I urge you...

As the dependence for oxygen grows, it becomes more and more important that the equipment is working properly.  This is not something that should be taken lightly.  I can speak...

My mother was diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in 1997. We knew very little about the disease then, and honestly, medicine has come a long way since then as...

What exactly is a caregiver? A caregiver is defined by the Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary as “a person who provides direct care (as for children, elderly people, or the chronically ill).”...

There will be an increasing number of pieces of equipment as your patient progresses. As each piece is added, it is important to think about your patient. Not only is...

When I found out that I was pregnant, mom had just come home from a three week hospital stay.  At that time, her care was very hands-on.  She was almost...