Questions and Answers on Information for Caregivers

A caregiver is anyone who provides help to another person in need. Caregivers can be doctors, nurses, professionally-trained aids, friends or family members.  Usually, the person receiving care has a condition such as dementia, cancer or brain injury and needs help with basic daily tasks.  The caregiver helps the person with tasks such as preparing and eating food, taking medicine, bathing and dressing.

Being a caregiver is a very demanding job, both physically and emotionally. It's important to your health not to ignore your own needs while you care for someone else.
 

12/23/2009 - Questions and Answers

Foot care

Can you tell me how to care for the foot of an older person? Question Can you tell me how to care for the foot of an older person? Read more

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06/19/2009 - Questions and Answers

Family contact

Question How does a lack of family contact affect the older person? Read more

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06/19/2009 - Questions and Answers

Sundowning

Question What is sundowning? Read more

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06/19/2009 - Questions and Answers

Behavioral problems and won't seek help

Question My mother keeps having personality swings which are especially distressing for my father, since he is recovering from a series of strokes. She refuses to seek medical help because she is afraid that she might be diagnosed as having Alzheimer's. What can we do? Read more

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04/06/2009 - Questions and Answers

Falls prevention in the home

How can you prevent falls in the home in older people? Question How can you prevent falls in the home in older people? Read more

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04/06/2003 - Questions and Answers

Exercise and incontinence

What exercises can be done to prevent urinary incontinence? Read more

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04/06/2003 - Questions and Answers

Wetting and confusion

My father has recently begun to wet himself but seems unaware of this and is otherwise confused. He refuses to go to a doctor. What do I do? Read more

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04/04/2003 - Questions and Answers

Deciding on a nursing home

I am the main caregiver for my grandmother. Following a fall at home, she broke her hip, and now needs so much care that she really needs to go to a nursing home. But she does not want to. What alternatives are there? Read more

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04/04/2003 - Questions and Answers

Counselling

Please could you describe the principles of counselling in the elderly? Read more

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03/15/2003 - Questions and Answers

Bereavement and antidepressants

How long should antidepressants be used following a bereavement? Read more

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