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January 6, 2021

The Burden of Caregiving

Lucille wanted to spend more time with her grandchildren. She and her husband had decided that once they retired they would start seeing their grandchildren on a regular basis. But her father in law took a turn for the worse. Soon after that he was diagnosed with dementia. Since her

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January 5, 2021

Get the 3 secrets to stress-free caregiving

How is it that Carol Ann lives the life she loves with friends and family while taking care of her demanding elderly mom?   How is it that Joanne is raising three small children by herself and taking care of her father when he had a stroke, never missed  a

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January 4, 2021

The #1 Reason why people fail at caregiving…

The number one reason why caregivers consistently fail in their journey is because they don’t understand or want to understand the simplicity of dying . This is a tough subject but unless we deal with it up front In our caregiving journey we will never come to grips with what

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Legal & Financial Rights

November 20, 2020

Avoiding Legal & Financial Disasters in Caregiving

At Caregiver Haven, we talk about the 4 areas of caregiving. Today we are going to focus on the 31 Legal & Financial Documents (below) that you need. There are so many documents every caregiver needs to keep close. In case of an emergency, this checklist is just the tip

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Home Living & Safety Victories

November 19, 2020

Moving Your Loved One: Downsizing

We say that once you make the decision with your loved one that they’re going to be moving you want to do it fairly quickly. If they’re happy about it they’re eager to get started in their new place. If they’re not happy about it they will become quickly depressed

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Caregiving Mastery, Strategies for Mental Decline

November 18, 2020

Being a caregiver doesn’t mean you take abuse

Caregiving does give your loved ones a license to abuse you. Caregiving, by definition, is giving care. Now that may sound pretty silly to a lot of people but when you think about the heart of the caregiver (by definition) they want to do what’s best for their loved ones.

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Caregiving Latest News, COVID-19 Updates

November 17, 2020

8 Things to Know about Vaccine Planning

Many of you who were on my email list in February may remember that I sent you a message about a COVID-19 vaccine coming out in record time. I also gave you a little history of how vaccines came to have such a bad reputation and how the federal government

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Caregiving Mastery

November 16, 2020

“Do ALL caregivers burnout?” No?

“I’m glad I took care of my dad. And if I had to do it all over again I would. I would just do so many things differently.” There is a remarkable truth behind caregiving …anyone who’s ever been one understands what someone else is going through. Our story seemed

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