The Caregiver’s Voice features four curated article excerpts. For those with dysphagia (swallowing difficulties), Essential Puree provides a free resource to make sauce—the key to flavorful food. ZocDoc features everything you want to know about Coping with Caregiver Burnout. There’s hope on the horizon of improving executive function, attention, and memory with brain stimulation. And finally, finding a place to work that supports caregivers and their need for flexible schedules.
Coping with Caregiver Burnout
Strategies for self-care and support addresses the emotional and physical exhaustion experienced by caregivers, along with practical tips to help… navigate these challenges.” Advice and coping strategies to care for loved ones will help you the caregiver address your own caregiver burnout and improve your overall well-being.
The Sauce is the Medium of Flavor
[TCV Update 11-5-2023 URL yields a 401 error] Learn the correct proportions of creating a sauce for an entrée. Change the sauce for variety; whether it’s barbecue, curry, or Mediterranean. You choose. This Master Sauce Guide puts an end to boring tasteless food. Click for the free download of the master sauce guide, the secret of a good puree. For more, visit: Caregiver Tips for Pureeing Meals for One with Dysphagia
Beyond Lip Service—How Companies Can Walk The “Family Friendly” Talk
While there remains a gap between talk and practice, “[m]anagers and leaders that demonstrate care for their teams and others outside of work are leading an environment where employees won’t feel the need to hide their caregiving status.” Post COVID, “you’ll see a workforce that is savvier about finding out what type of support and benefits exist under the hood of a company before accepting an offer.”
Rhythmically stimulating the brain with electrical currents could boost cognitive function
“Research suggests that brain cells communicate effectively when they coordinate the rhythm of their firing.” An emerging brain stimulation technology–transcranial alternating current stimulation, or tACS–on different mental functions in patients and healthy people are producing promising results in executive function, memory, and attention.
