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September 28, 2022

Help Wanted: Family Caregiver

Would you apply for the job of a family caregiver? According to an AARP to Congress report, there are 40 million Americans providing 34 billion hours of unpaid care to an older adult each year. A "Help Wanted" ad might look something like this.    HELP WANTED: CAREGIVER   There is an immediate need for a caregiver to help a loved one in your family.   Caregiver duties

September 01, 2022

UK Elder Care hosting Senior Caregivers Week events

November is both National Caregiver’s Month and National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month.  To support our UK caregivers, UK HR Elder Care will be hosting a Senior Caregiving Week offering two great caregiving events November 1-3.   

August 04, 2022

How to plan for aging alone

Many of us will be alone in our later years. We may have never married or married with no children, be divorced or widowed. We may have outlived or be estranged from our families. No matter the circumstance, aging alone requires a different set of resources and a different mental set than aging with an established supportive network.

June 29, 2022

Discovering your resiliency is a key part of caregiving

Caregiving, in some capacity, is in all our futures. Rosalynn Carter said it best. There are only four kinds of people in the world: Those who have been caregivers Those who are currently caregivers Those who will be caregivers Those who will need caregivers