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COMMUNICATION TIPS
Featured ArticleMy son, my first child, was born when I was forty. During pregnancy, I declined amniocenteses (fetal testing before birth). I knew that, no matter what, I would love whomever I got. Read more Communicating With Insurance Personnel By National Family Caregivers Association The following excerpt from the take-home guide of the “Communicating Effectively with Healthcare Professionals Workshop,” developed by the National Family Caregivers Association with assistance from the National Alliance for Caregiving, provides you with practical information for interacting with insurance company personnel, one of the categories of healthcare professionals we all encounter as family caregivers. Read more
Communicating Your Loved One’s Pain & Well-Being By National Family Caregivers Association Is your loved one complaining about pain? What does he/she say it feels like? Read more
Communicating Your Loved One’s Symptoms During a Crisis By National Family Caregivers Association When your loved one is in a medical crisis, your ability to observe symptoms carefully and report accurately might be, quite literally, life-saving. But that is also a time when it may be difficult to function clearly. Read more
How to Talk with Your Doctor about Embarrassing Medical Problems The realization hit Natalie like a ton of bricks. Her mother, Joann, may have died as a result of embarrassment. Joann had noticed blood in her stool (poop) almost a year before she was diagnosed with colon cancer. At first she told herself it must have been those beets she ate. Then, she thought it was most likely her hemorrhoids, although she had not had a flare-up since Natalie’s birth 52 years earlier. Read more
By National Family Caregivers Association Today the Internet is the medium of choice when researching information or trying to track down products and services, but no matter how much information you find on the Internet, sooner or later you’ll have to pick up a telephone to find answers to your very specific questions or arrange for the services you need. Read more
My son, my first child, was born when I was forty. During pregnancy, I declined amniocenteses (fetal testing before birth). I knew that, no matter what, I would love whomever I got. Read more
When Your Parents Ignore Your Health Advice What do you do if your loved one makes choices that lead in the direction of disease rather than health? For example, your dad is smoking two months after his heart attack. Your diabetic mom orders pecan pie a la mode. Read more
Your Home Medicine Cabinet: Making Sure it Works for You Having all the right things in your home medicine cabinet can make your role as caregiver a lot easier. Read more
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