How to Protect Your Health While Caring for Others
Struggling to keep up with your own appointments and medications while caring for someone else? Pavitri Dwivedi, DO, Geriatrician and Primary Care Provider at UM Baltimore Washington Medical Group – Adult and Senior Care, offers practical strategies to help. Learn to use short pockets of time for self-care, streamline appointments (one-stop visits), prioritize sleep and nutrition, and tap local supports like case managers or social workers to preserve your health and caregiving ability.
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