Learn skills and valuable strategies for taking care of yourself and your loved one.

Providing care for a loved one is one of the toughest jobs you can ever have.

In The Educated Caregiver DVD video series, you'll meet others who know what you're going through - and who share their experiences, insights and advice. From them and from healthcare professionals, you'll learn skills and valuable strategies for taking care of yourself and your loved one.

Coping Skills, Volume 1, 80 minutes
From those who have shouldered it themselves, learn how to deal with the physical and emotional burden caregivers experience. The Educated Caregiver series short, easily viewed segments let you focus on or review specific skills: • Gaining control over a demanding daily routine • Reducing stress • Averting burnout, or "compassion fatigue" • Preparing for when your loved one leaves home • Dealing with natural feelings of helplessness, anger, resentment and guilt.

Hands-On Skills, Volume 2, 45 minutes
In The Educated Caregiver series, you'll see step-by-step demonstrations of key caregiving skills you'll use every day, such as: • Caring for bed-ridden patients • Assistance with walking • Transferring from a bed to a chair • Dressing, grooming and hygiene • Assessment techniques • Home safety.

Essential Knowledge, Volume 3, 48 minutes
Healthcare professionals share vital information every caregiver needs to know, including: • Communicating with a loved one • Administering medications and understanding interactions • Avoiding and controlling infection • Wound care and preventing bed sores • Ensuring proper nutrition, wich are all seen in The Educated Caregiver series

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