Caregiver Resource Center

Practical guides and articles for family caregivers, built around real caregiving questions and grounded in reliable sources. You can find all these articles and much much more inside our community. Please click firesidevillage.com/join to learn how. I hope you get valuable information from our research.

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Table Of Contents

Caregiving brings questions you never expected to have to answer. These articles and guides are here to help you understand what may be happening, what to watch for, and what you can do next. Choose any topic below that may help you today.

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A Document of Love — Caregiver Continuity Plan
A practical way to record what another person would need to know if someone else suddenly had to step into your caregiving role.
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Caring for Someone with Dementia — Part 1
The beginning of our caregiver-focused series on understanding dementia and the changes it can bring.
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Caring for Someone with Dementia — Part 2
Continuing the journey through dementia care with practical information for the person providing the day-to-day care.
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Caring for Someone with Dementia — Part 3
More guidance for navigating the changing needs, behaviors and challenges that can come with dementia.
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Caring for Someone with Dementia — Part 4
Practical perspective for caregivers as dementia progresses and caregiving responsibilities continue to change.
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Caring for Someone with Dementia — Part 5
The final part of the series, with continued focus on the person with dementia and the caregiver walking beside them.
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Eating, Drinking & Hydration
Practical information about food, fluids and the challenges caregivers may encounter when an older adult isn't eating or drinking normally.
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Fireside Hospital Survival Guide
A practical caregiver guide to navigating hospitalization, communicating with the care team, discharge and the transition back home.
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When an Older Adult Falls
What caregivers should know when an older adult falls, including what to consider immediately afterward and what may need attention next.
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When Family Won't Help
For caregivers carrying more of the responsibility than they expected while other family members won't—or can't—share the load.
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Managing Medications
Practical guidance for caregivers dealing with medication schedules, organization and the everyday responsibility of keeping medications straight.
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Protecting Your Inner Peace While Caregiving
Caregiving can consume more than your time. This article looks at protecting some part of yourself while continuing to care for someone you love.
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Toileting, Incontinence & Dignity
Practical, respectful guidance for one of the more difficult and rarely discussed parts of hands-on caregiving.
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UTIs in Older Adults
What family caregivers should know about urinary tract infections in older adults, including symptoms, changes to watch for and when medical attention may be needed.
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Caregiving can bring questions you never expected to have to answer. We hope something here makes the road a little clearer. Come back whenever you need us — new resources will be added as the Caregiver Resource Center grows.