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Paying Family Caregivers to Reduce Reliance on Nursing Homes
2:16
As a result of COVID-19, learn how states are creating new ways to care for older adults at home rather than in long-term care.
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Managing Medications: Administering Eye Drops
4:48
Eye drops are often prescribed to prevent infection or reduce inflammation. Learn two ways caregivers can help someone put in eye drops.
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Managing Medications: Taking an Anticoagulant
3:47
Learn the side effects and proper way to take warfarin, a frequently prescribed anticoagulant drug often taken for heart conditions and blood clots.
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Managing Medications: Administering Insulin Injections
5:53
Detailed instructions for family caregivers who need to help someone administer an insulin injection, a medication used to treat diabetes.
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Managing Medications: How to Use an Inhaler
2:34
Inhalers must be used correctly to get the maximum benefit from the medication. How caregivers can help others properly use an inhaler.
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Personal Stories from Millennial Family Caregivers
4:14
One of every four family caregivers is a millennial. AARP held a series of nationwide dinners to meet some of them and hear their stories.
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Family Caregiving Series: Pressure Ulcers: Prevention and Skin Care — AARP
5:20
This video explains how to avoid pressure ulcers, as well as how to treat the wound if one does occur.
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Family Caregiving Series: Caring For and Maintaining Ostomy Bags — AARP
6:46
This video shows how to cleanse the skin surrounding an ostomy to prevent skin irritation and pain. We’ll also show you how to change the ostomy pouch.
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Family Caregiving Series: Diabetic Foot Care: Treatment and Prevention — AARP
4:49
This video shows how to treat diabetic foot wounds, identify signs of infection and reduce the risk of recurrence.
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Family Caregiving Series: General Principles of Wound Care — AARP
5:14
This video shows how to perform a dressing change, how to identify signs of infection and the best way to dispose of old dressings.
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Family Caregiving Series: Caring for Lower Extremity Wounds & Cellulitis — AARP
6:08
This video shows how to care for lower extremity wounds, identify signs of infection, and replace a compression sock and bandage. We’ll also give you guidance on how to reduce the risk of recurrence.
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