By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  May 31, 2023

Two Full-Time Jobs: The Challenges of Being a Family Caregiver While Working

Acting as a family caregiver can be a challenging, full-time job, and it can be even more challenging if you already have a full-time (or even part-time) job. The struggle is a common one: An estimated 60 percent of family caregivers are employed, and two-thirds have had to make some…more.

Categories: Caregiving
By Courtney McHugh, MSW, LSW, Lead Navigator, Family Reach  |  May 17, 2023

How to Ask for Financial Support During Cancer Treatment

When you’re diagnosed with cancer, you may find yourself sorting through a lot of information — treatment schedules, medications, etc. — and it’s easy for questions about money to get overlooked. Even if financial questions are top of mind, we know that asking for help paying your housing, food, and…more.

Categories: Caregiving
By ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center  |  Apr 5, 2023

Nine Steps to Respite Care for Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia, including Alzheimer’s Disease

Caregivers of family members with dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, may face special challenges that result in changing roles within the family and the need for more intensive levels of care. Providing care can be complicated and challenging and requires careful planning. Respite care services can provide family caregivers with a…more.

By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Feb 22, 2023

Caregiving Expert: “Fill Your Tank”

The number of Americans providing unpaid care to family members or loved ones has increased since 2015. Today, about one in five is acting as a family caregiver to an adult with health or functional needs, according to a 2020 report by AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC).…more.

Categories: Caregiving
By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Apr 28, 2021

Stress on Family Caregivers Soars During COVID-19 Pandemic

Serving as a family caregiver for a loved one can be stressful under the best of circumstances. However, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the nation’s estimated 53 million family caregivers have faced additional challenges and taken on new responsibilities that may be pushing some to the brink. An October 2020 report…more.

By Krista Zodet, President/CEO, HealthWell Foundation  |  Dec 16, 2020

Caring Through COVID

Editor’s Note: The HealthWell Foundation is the founding sponsor of Real World Health Care. This Real World Health Care column is not like others I’ve written. But then again, this year is not like any other we’ve lived through. I would typically use this end-of-year column to thank you for…more.

Categories: Caregiving, Uncategorized
By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Nov 23, 2020

Lung Cancer Awareness Month: Trends, Advocacy and Caregivers in the Spotlight

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a time when the medical community, patients and their loved ones, advocacy organizations and industry come together to raise awareness and support for the number one cancer killer of men and women in the United States. Lung Cancer Trends For example, this year, the…more.

By National Headache Foundation  |  Dec 18, 2019

What People with Migraine Attacks Hate to Hear

Editor’s Note: Real World Health Care is pleased to close out our 2019 series on migraine by sharing an article originally published by the National Headache Foundation. Here, they share advice for helping patients respond to caregivers and others when faced with stigma associated with migraine disease. You can read…more.

Categories: Caregiving, General, Migraine
By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Dec 4, 2019

The Many Moods of Heart Failure and the Caregiver Challenge

Caregivers play an important role in the well-being of chronic heart failure patients. In addition to helping their loved one manage the physical and medical aspects of heart failure, they are called on to help with the patient’s emotional health. According to Ann Laramee, APRN, Cardiology Nurse Practitioner in Cardiology…more.

Categories: Caregiving, General
By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Nov 20, 2019

How To Support a Friend with Heart Disease

Editor’s Note: When a family member or friend is sick with a chronic disease like heart failure, the role of caregiver often falls to women. However, more than one in three women is living with some form of cardiovascular disease themselves: It is the number one killer of women in…more.

Categories: Caregiving, General
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