{"id":1490,"date":"2017-04-06T09:31:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T14:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shct.wpengine.com\/jonesboro\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2017-04-06T09:31:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T14:31:42","slug":"make-yourself-a-priority-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/2017\/04\/06\/make-yourself-a-priority-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Yourself a Priority, Too!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Make Yourself a Priority, Too<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the National Health and Aging trends study, nearly 15 million Americans provide unpaid care to an older adult according to the National Health and Aging trends study.<\/p>\n<p>Caregivers face challenges not only that affect the care they provide but their own health.<\/p>\n<p>Consider these helpful tips from the National Institute on Aging:<\/p>\n<p>Ask for help when you need it<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Join a support group in person or online<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Take breaks each day<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Keep up with hobbies<\/p>\n<p>The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program offers a variety of programs for caregivers at seven locations in Arkansas.\u00a0 Contact us or visit our event calendar for more information.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\">Click here<\/a> to find a Schmieding location near you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make Yourself a Priority, Too According to the National Health and Aging trends study, nearly 15 million Americans provide unpaid care to an older adult according to the National Health and Aging trends study. Caregivers face challenges not only that affect the care they provide but their own health. Consider these helpful tips from the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/2017\/04\/06\/make-yourself-a-priority-too\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":364,"featured_media":1425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}