Tag Archive: self care

Caregiver Contest 2019-2020

18th Annual Caregiver Contest

Shield HealthCare is celebrating its 18th Caregiver Contest by asking for Tips for Finding Life Balance As a Caregiver. Enter to win!

Brooke Phillips, CWCMS
Rob Lowe Caregivers

Rob Lowe: Caregivers Need to Care for Themselves, Too

As a former caregiver for his mother with breast cancer, Actor Rob Lowe says self-care is key for millions of caregiving Americans making daily sacrifices.

Brooke Phillips, CWCMS
wheelchair transfers

Avoiding Injury: How to Mindfully Move with a Spinal Cord Injury

Avoiding injury is a goal of mine. I have come to understand that I must be vigilant and diligent with how I move and treat my body to prevent additional injury.

Aaron Baker
Showering in a Wheelchair

Assistive Technology: Bathing and Bathroom Safety

Showering in a wheelchair and just getting around the bathroom can both be made a lot easier by adapting this room of the house. Here are some tips.

Aaron Baker
complex medical needs

My Baby with Complex Medical Needs: A Mom’s Story

If your baby is born with complex medical needs, you’re not alone. There are other parents going through something similar. One mother tells her story.

Amy Long Carrera, MS, RD, CNSC, CWCMS
Parents of Special Needs Children

Self-Care for Parents of Children with Special Needs

Parents of special needs children are at high risk for stress, burnout, fatigue and depression. Practice good self-care to be the best parent you can be.

Aimee Sharp
Self-care Caregiver

How Caregivers Can Find “Me” Time

It is important to have “me time” in order to refresh and rejuvenate yourself. Here are some tips to create time for yourself.

Aimee Sharp

A Shield HealthCare Customer Loving Life

Special thanks to Kris in California who expressed his gratitude for the catheter supplies and dependable service he receives from Shield HealthCare. Kris wrote, “… I consider myself a caregiver, because I have been cathing myself since summer of 2008 when I was 17 years old in high school. I was diagnosed with an unresponsive Neurogenic bladder,… Continue reading A Shield HealthCare Customer Loving Life

Gina Flores
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