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Resources to help you care for a loved one
Caregiving comes with many joys and challenges. Explore these resources for skills and qualities that can help you give your best to someone you love — and take care of yourself along the way.
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Caring for a loved one takes planning, practice, and plenty of self-care, too. Here are some tools and tips to help make caregiving more manageable.
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Getting Help When You Leave the Hospital
Coming home from the hospital involves a bit of planning. Make sure you’re prepared to safely look after your loved one.
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Your Hospital Stay: Going Home
Before you leave the hospital, your care team will give you a discharge plan, including care tips and symptoms to look out for when you get home.
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Your Hospital Stay: Moving to Another Care Facility
Learn how we’ll personalize your loved one’s care, and help them become more independent, as they move to the next facility.
Watch "Moving to a new facility" video
Advance Care Planning: The Need for Ongoing Conversations
When was your last conversation about end-of-life care? Here’s what to discuss with your loved ones — and how.
Watch "Ongoing conversations" video
Practicing Self-Compassion
Stress and uncertainty are a part of life. Don’t forget to take a few minutes each day for yourself.
Watch "Self-compassion" video
Caregiving: Take Care of Yourself Too
It’s important to take care of yourself while you care for someone else. And don’t be afraid to ask for support.
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How Your Mind and Body React to Stress
Some days are harder than others — and that’s OK. Try a few relaxation methods to see what works best for you.
Watch "Stress and your mind and body" video
Advance Care Planning: Thinking About Hospice
You may be considering a hospice setting for your loved one. Find out what type of care they might get at home or in a facility.
Watch "Thinking about hospice" video
Advance Care Planning: Treatment Choices Near the End of Life
Don’t be afraid to ask the important questions about what different treatment options and outcomes may look like.
Watch "Treatment choices" video
Seated Exercises for Older Adults
There are plenty of options for staying active, even if some common exercises are a challenge. Here are a few exercises that can be done while sitting.
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Older Adults: Be Inspired to Get Active
For many people, getting active means picking up where you left off. Find a reason to get started, and then make a plan.
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Practicing optimism
What are you grateful for? Optimism can take practice — learn to recognize what brings you hope and what you can control.
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Reducing loneliness and increasing connection
Whether you’re the patient or the caregiver, meaningful connection can help. And even small steps add up.
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How your thoughts affect what you feel and do
Do you tend to assume the worst? Learn how to shift your thoughts in a healthy way.
Watch “How your thoughts affect you” video
Living With Chronic Pain
Chronic pain isn’t always easy to see. But it can be manageable. Does your loved one have a pain management plan in place?
Watch "Chronic pain" video
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Tools & programs
Take a moment. Take a breath. Take time for self-care. Explore our broad range of self-care resources — including apps, audio activities, articles, and more — designed to help you thrive in mind, body, and spirit.
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