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Tips for Caring for Those with Alzheimerā€™s

This September is World Alzheimerā€™s Month, a global event designed to raise awareness for dementia, how it affects patients around the world, and how individuals should care for those struggling with this disease.

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Compassion Fatigue: Nurses at Risk

Nurses tend to exude a lot of compassion when theyā€™re on the job. They have to comfort those that may be sick or injured, their family members, and deal with all kinds of difficult, emotionally complex situations.

Nursing the At-Home Patient: Special Considerations

If youā€™re taking care of a patient in their own home, youā€™ll quickly realize that things arenā€™t like they used to be. The predictability of the hospital is no more, and itā€™s up to you to deliver the best care possible in a changing environment.

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Healing and Humor

If we do not address the heart, help to support the spirit and coping elements of the patient, we may ā€˜healā€™ a short term medical problem but have ignored the patients emotional resolve to have long term success.