When you are the primary caregiver for someone you love, chances are you are learning a lot of new tasks while at the same time navigating some powerful emotions and adjusting to the change. Unless you’ve had a career in the medical field, things like giving medications, responding to physical discomfort, and repositioning your loved one may be new to you.

For that reason, we’re providing this Caregiver Library as a resource for some of the commonly asked questions about caregiving at home. We offer these resources freely, but please be sure to speak with your nurse for any continuing questions [real medical insight is always better than instructions in a document]. Take care and let us know how we can help!

Topics in this library:

• Alternative Pain Treatments
• Anticipatory Grief
• Anxiety
• Approaching Death
• Breathing Patterns
• Care after Death
• Care of Feeding Tube Site
• Constipation
• Depression
• Dry Mouth
• Dying Process
• Emotional & Spiritual Preparation for End of Life
• Emptying the Catheter Bag
• Hydration and Nutrition
• Infection Control – Standard Precautions
• Managing Pain with Medication
• Morphine
• Mourner’s Bill of Rights
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Near Death Awareness
• Nebulizer
• Seizures
• Shortness of Breath
• Spiritual Support
• Terminal Restlessness
• Tube Feeding Site Care
• Tube Feedings
• Urinary Catheter Care
• Urinary Catheter FAQ
• Urinary Incontinence