The Caregiver's Handbook

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Health

Your Car and Your Health

Diana B. Denholm Ph.D, L.M.H.C. on June 7, 2014

Can your love affair with your car help your health?

Can your love affair with your car help your health?

Caregiving

Taking the Car Keys Away—Forever

Diana B. Denholm Ph.D, L.M.H.C. on February 19, 2014

Illness rushes the hands on the "stop driving clock." Tips to remember when you must force a spouse or parent to look at the time on their clock.

Illness rushes the hands on the "stop driving clock." Tips to remember when you must force a spouse or parent to look at the time on their clock.

Caregiving

Caregiving: A Disease?

Diana B. Denholm Ph.D, L.M.H.C. on November 20, 2013

Is caregiving a disease? What if you could prevent it?

Is caregiving a disease? What if you could prevent it?

Anger

Just Yell at Them!

Diana B. Denholm Ph.D, L.M.H.C. on August 6, 2013

How do you survive with someone who's sick AND mean? If living with someone like this has you humiliated, angry and sick, learn the simple path to change.

How do you survive with someone who's sick AND mean? If living with someone like this has you humiliated, angry and sick, learn the simple path to change.

Sex

What About Sex?

Diana B. Denholm Ph.D, L.M.H.C. on April 15, 2013

Frustrated and embittered men and women angrily launch this question at their partner. Learn what to you do when your partner's desire for sex doesn't match yours.

Frustrated and embittered men and women angrily launch this question at their partner. Learn what to you do when your partner's desire for sex doesn't match yours.

Caregiving

Who Helps the Caregivers?

Diana B. Denholm Ph.D, L.M.H.C. on February 28, 2013

She faithfully loads her husband's wheelchair into the car, but who attends to her needs? Some skills make you a good caregiver, but which ones let you survive it?

She faithfully loads her husband's wheelchair into the car, but who attends to her needs? Some skills make you a good caregiver, but which ones let you survive it?

Caregiving

Caregivers Turned Killers

Diana B. Denholm Ph.D, L.M.H.C. on January 12, 2013

Caregivers perch precariously on the edge. 5 steps prevent going over.

Caregivers perch precariously on the edge. 5 steps prevent going over.

Caregiving

Affairs are Self-Indulgent

Diana B. Denholm Ph.D, L.M.H.C. on December 2, 2012

Affairs are the perks of high-profile positions. Does this self-indulgence carry over to the general population and spousal caregivers?

Affairs are the perks of high-profile positions. Does this self-indulgence carry over to the general population and spousal caregivers?

Caregiving

5 Tips to Help You Survive Until Next Year’s Caregiver Month

Diana B. Denholm Ph.D, L.M.H.C. on November 9, 2012

Do caregivers really feel like celebrating National Caregivers Month? What do they really want?

Do caregivers really feel like celebrating National Caregivers Month? What do they really want?

Caregiving

Should I Discuss MY Needs With My Dying Spouse?

Diana B. Denholm Ph.D, L.M.H.C. on September 12, 2012

Do you selflessly stay silent on important issues so you won't upset your spouse? Rather than letting opportunities pass you by, learn simple methods so you don't start widowhood behind the 8 ball.

Do you selflessly stay silent on important issues so you won't upset your spouse? Rather than letting opportunities pass you by, learn simple methods so you don't start widowhood behind the 8 ball.

Trained since childhood to be selfless, caregivers become overly responsible and controlling—damaging themselves and their loved ones in the process. Recognizing and employing other options breaks this cycle. Learn 4 of these options that help couples restore their loving relationship.

Caregiving

Are Your Caregiving Worries Harming Your Relationships?

Diana B. Denholm Ph.D, L.M.H.C. on July 2, 2012

Do you think you worry more than other caregivers? Is your distress putting a wedge between you and your loved one? Learn which worries put many caregivers at their wit’s end and specific steps to quell them. Remove the wedge these frustrations put between you and your spouse, and return to a more peaceful and loving life together.

Do you think you worry more than other caregivers? Is your distress putting a wedge between you and your loved one? Learn which worries put many caregivers at their wit’s end and specific steps to quell them. Remove the wedge these frustrations put between you and your spouse, and return to a more peaceful and loving life together.

Caregiving

Caregiving--Where Do You Begin?

Diana B. Denholm Ph.D, L.M.H.C. on May 30, 2012

Your love’s serious injury or grave diagnosis can instantly shatter your life. You’ve never faced anything like this before, so where do you, as a caregiver, start? What should you be prepared for? And how do you deal with everything that’s rushing at you? Learn 4 simple methods that help you keep your life and your loving relationship intact.

Your love’s serious injury or grave diagnosis can instantly shatter your life. You’ve never faced anything like this before, so where do you, as a caregiver, start? What should you be prepared for? And how do you deal with everything that’s rushing at you? Learn 4 simple methods that help you keep your life and your loving relationship intact.

Caregiving

Man the Fixer, Woman the Nurturer—the Caregiving Gender Gap

Diana B. Denholm Ph.D, L.M.H.C. on April 23, 2012

Caregiving husbands face challenges different from caregiving wives. Learn why, and discover what couples can do to reclaim their life and their marriage.

Caregiving husbands face challenges different from caregiving wives. Learn why, and discover what couples can do to reclaim their life and their marriage.

Caregiving

May Is Mental Health Month: What to Do When Caregiving Threatens to Destroy Yours

Diana B. Denholm Ph.D, L.M.H.C. on April 3, 2012

Caring for a seriously ill spouse is an extremely stressful responsibility. No wonder caregivers often become angry, depressed, lonely, and confused. If caregiving is challenging your emotional well-being, here are some strategies to try.

Caring for a seriously ill spouse is an extremely stressful responsibility. No wonder caregivers often become angry, depressed, lonely, and confused. If caregiving is challenging your emotional well-being, here are some strategies to try.