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The feelings that come with caregiving — guilt, grief, resentment, love — are normal. Learn healthy ways to work through them.

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How to talk with the person you care for, your family, and the healthcare team — including when dementia changes the conversation.

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New Tool Measures Family Caregivers' Skill at Intermittent Catheterization

Researchers created and tested a scale to measure how well family caregivers perform intermittent catheterization for loved ones with neurogenic bladder conditions. The tool was built using interviews, expert input, and a care skills model, then tested in a single-center study.

Why it matters: If you help a family member manage a catheter at home, this research could lead to better training and support tools to make the task safer and less stressful.

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Study Looks at Ways to Prevent Unnecessary ER Visits for Older Adults

Researchers surveyed healthcare workers in Sweden about emergency room visits by older adults that might have been avoided. They found that better home-based care, closer teamwork between providers, quicker geriatric admissions, and more training for home care workers could help reduce these visits.

Why it matters: This research points to changes—like stronger home care support—that could help caregivers avoid stressful, unnecessary trips to the ER with their older loved ones.

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Public Policy & Aging Report

New Recommendations for Rural Aging Policy in California

This report offers policy recommendations to help older adults in rural California with housing, long-term care services, and access to health care. It focuses on gaps that rural communities often face in planning for an aging population.

Why it matters: If you're caring for an older adult in a rural area, policies like these could shape what housing and care options become available near you.

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Communication

Communication: Talking With Your Loved One, Your Family, and the Doctors

Good communication carries a caregiving family through hard decisions — from difficult first conversations with a parent to talking with someone whose dementia is changing how they understand words.

6 cited sources · reviewed Aug 2026Self-Care

Self-Care for Caregivers: Why Your Health Matters Too

Caregiving makes physical, emotional, mental, and social demands on the caregiver. Self-care isn't selfish — it's what makes sustained caregiving possible.

4 cited sources · reviewed Aug 2026Emotions

Emotions and the Caregiving Role

Caregiving brings joy, hope, anger, guilt, and grief — often in the same week. Understanding these emotions, and knowing they're shared by millions of caregivers, is the first step to coping with them.

5 cited sources · reviewed Aug 2026

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