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Your Proactive Caregiver Advocate: Dr. Cynthia Speaks! Topic: Caregivers, Eldercare Includes COVID-19 Boosters
On yesterday, Your Proactive Caregiver Advocate received her booster vaccination. I’m a Phizer girl! Whatever I can do to keep my family and others safe, I am in the front of every line. Seniors need protection as well. Listen in for more insight on Boosters. — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dr-cynthia-j-hickman/message Support this podcast: […]
Your Proactive Caregiver Advocate: Dr. Cynthia Speaks: Topic: Coping with Caregiving Responsibilities
Learning to cope in the caregiving space is vital, while caregiving for yourself. When we hear or read the word,’ coping,’ related to caregiving, does one’s mind go to the terms of stress and burnout? Why is that? Is it because of the lack of preparation? Is it because of the lack of knowledge? Listen […]
Your Proactive Caregiver Advocate: Dr. Cynthia Speaks! Topic: Caregivers, How are you Making Seniors Smile?
Senior needs smiles. I know you have heard that smiling can be contagious. Smiles can make someone’s day. Smiling can brighten someone’s pain. Smiling can change someone’s perspective on a situation. We should want to put a smile on someone’s face. Listen in for more insight — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dr-cynthia-j-hickman/message Support this […]
Your Proactive Caregiver Advocate: Dr. Cynthia Speaks! Topic: Caregivers, Do You Burn the Candle at Both Ends?
Who can relate? Who wants to relate? Burning a candle at both ends is an accident waiting to happen. The idiom implies, “To exhaust one’s energies or resources.” Without acknowledging overtiredness in the caregiving space, it can lead to errors, mistakes, injury, and death of a loved one. So, shining a light on this topic […]
Your Proactive Caregiver Advocate: Dr. Cynthia Speaks! Topics: Caregivers – Are You Unofficial or Official
Caregiver, you must be engaged with your loved ones who are elderly. The topic today comes from a conversation I had with a dear friend. The goal of caregiving is to help loved ones reach their final goal. For many years, the space she called home was no more. She continued to age gracefully while […]
Your Proactive Caregiver Advocate: Dr. Cynthia Speaks! Topic: Caregiving And Weather
What advice is essential to have as it relates to weather and caregiving? Going out should be mindfully and well-thought consideration. Where there is a history of known problems related to long-term raining, staying indoors is the only option. We careful in bad weather. Listen for more insight. — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dr-cynthia-j-hickman/support
Your Proactive Caregiver Advocate: Dr. Cynthia Speaks! Pets in the Caregiving Space.
Pets are powerful companions in the caregiving space. Listen in for mre insight! — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dr-cynthia-j-hickman/support
Your Proactive Caregiver Advocate: Dr. Cynthia Speaks! Topic: Caregiver Can Experience Mental Distress
Mental distress (or psychological distress) is a term used by mental health practitioners to describe a range of symptoms and experiences of a person’s inner life that are commonly held to be out of the ordinary. In the caregiving space, mental distress can potentially lead to harm and injury and how care is provided to […]
Your Proactive Caregiver Advocate: Dr. Cynthia Speaks! Topic: When is Hospice Appropriate?
The subject of hospice is an uncomfortable one. Why? Because losing a loved one, up close and personal is hard. None of us have crystal balls giving us the inside scoop of life expectancy or how a life-limiting condition will complete our earthly exit. Why have a hospice conversation? Listen in for more insight. — […]