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From Offers to Action: 30+ Ways Friends and Family Can Support You

February 28, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource provides over 30 specific and practical ways for individuals in recovery to ask for and accept help from friends and family. Designed to make navigating offers of support easier, it empowers your clients to focus on healing while fostering meaningful connections with their support network.
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The Long Haul: Impact of Extended Wheelchair Use

October 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
Caregivers will understand the challenges that come with long-term wheelchair use with this resource, which touches on physical changes, mental health concerns, and diet considerations.
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Hospice Information for Caregivers: Facilitating a Smooth Transition

June 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource educates families and caregivers about optimizing the transition to hospice. It provides examples of equipment that may be utilized and highlights safety with transfers and ADL engagement, keeping the patient and family involved, and meaningful activities to complete during end-of-life.
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Is It Dementia? Navigating the Complicated Diagnosis Process

March 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
Getting a dementia diagnosis seems like a straightforward thing, but it often takes years, and the diagnostic tools we have are very limited. This handout is perfect for families who are questioning if they need to consider a diagnosis of dementia, but aren’t sure where to start.
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Understanding Care Resistant Behaviors

November 30, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout for caregivers and family members provides information on the causes of care-resistant behaviors in individuals with dementia and strategies for managing them.
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Driving Cessation

October 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource covers considerations for driving cessation and when it is time to stop.
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