{"id":641,"date":"2015-11-23T07:43:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T15:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/?p=641"},"modified":"2015-11-21T21:02:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T05:02:00","slug":"full-time-caregivers-need-our-support-heres-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/full-time-caregivers-need-our-support-heres-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Full-time Caregivers Need Our Support: Here\u2019s How"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/17131086854_9560cb9d03_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-642\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/17131086854_9560cb9d03_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"[Photo credit: Patient Care Technician]\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/17131086854_9560cb9d03_z-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/17131086854_9560cb9d03_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>November is National Family Caregivers Month. From the experience of those close to me, being a full time caregiver is a consuming and exhausting responsibility. They need our support. Texas attorney Rania Combs offers some helpful suggestions for those close to caregivers:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The significant stress of caregiving takes a physical and emotional toll, especially during the Holidays. Caregivers are less likely to get regular checkups, exercise or take much-needed breaks, which puts them at greater risk for illness and depression.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Below [are a] few things you can do to support a friend or family member caring for someone suffering with Alzheimer\u2019s disease:<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Rather than telling the caregiver call you if they need anything, offer specific help:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pick up items for the caregiver at the grocery store while you\u2019re there.<\/li>\n<li>Stop by the caregiver\u2019s home on your way to the dry cleaners to collect items that may need to be laundered.<\/li>\n<li>Run errands for the caregiver.<\/li>\n<li>Mow the caregiver\u2019s lawn.<\/li>\n<li>Visit as often as you\u2019re able to help with housework.<\/li>\n<li>Sit in for the caregiver so that he or she can spend an afternoon away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>See the entire article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texaswillsandtrustslaw.com\/2015\/11\/20\/how-to-care-for-a-caregiver\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[Photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patientcaretechniciansalary.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-rapid_p=\"38\">Patient Care Technician<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November is National Family Caregivers Month. From the experience of those close to me, being a full time caregiver is a consuming and exhausting responsibility. They need our support. Texas attorney Rania Combs offers some helpful suggestions for those close &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/full-time-caregivers-need-our-support-heres-how\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[117,68,66],"tags":[196,195,197],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":645,"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions\/645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}