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Caregiving Cheat Sheets

Caregiving Cheat Sheets

Written by: The Caregiving Years
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 In our series called “Cheat Sheets,” we share easy-to-remember tips to help you through caregiving’s most hair-raising and patience-testing moments.

About Denise

Denise supports individuals managing difficult life experiences with coaching, planning and training. Through her work, Denise helps clients find hope, possibilities and a path forward. Denise began helping individuals who care for a family member in 1990 and launched a business to help them in 1995. She created one of the first online caregiving communities in 1996 which she managed until its sale in 2020.

Denise now develops and delivers training programs for the workplace and for individuals who want to coach family caregivers. More than 400 individuals from eight different countries have enrolled in her training programs offered through her company, The Caregiving Years Training Academy. Her training programs have been approved to provide Continuing Education Units to health care professionals, including nurses, and human resource professionals.

Denise also hosts an online community, CaringOurWay.com, that supports individuals during and after their personal caregiving experience. Community members enjoy free workshops and special events like the Caregiving Listener Project and the 36-Hour Christmas Chat. Denise is the author of several books that provide insights, comfort and hope to those who care, including The Caregiving Guide, Your Go-To Reference and Companion During All Stages of Your Caregiving Experience, and After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again. Her free resource, A Workbook for Your Workplace Wellness, helps individuals who care, grieve and work.

Denise began helping her parents in 2004 after her father’s bladder cancer diagnosis. Her mom, who had Parkinson’s disease, died in August 2022, one year to the date after Denise’s brother died. Her father died in July 2023.

Next Avenue named Denise a 2017 Influencer in Aging, one of “50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts who continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older.” Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, Time magazine and Chicago Tribune.
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Episodes
  • A Caregiving Cheat Sheet: Your Boss Wants You to Manage his Mom's Care

    A Caregiving Cheat Sheet: Your Boss Wants You to Manage his Mom's Care
    Jan 31 2026
    In our series called “Cheat Sheets,” we share easy-to-remember tips to help you through caregiving’s most hair-raising and patience-testing moments. This episode's Cheat Sheet helps you manage when your boss corners into taking on another caree.

    What would you add to our Cheat Sheet?

    Resources
    • Download your Cheat Sheet: https://www.careyearsacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Caregiving-Cheat-Sheet-Your-Boss-Wants-You-to-Manage-His-Moms-Care.pdf
    • Join our community, CaringOurWay.com, to connect our support.
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    8 mins
  • A Caregiving Cheat Sheet: Your Caree Taps You to Play Santa for People Who Don’t Help

    A Caregiving Cheat Sheet: Your Caree Taps You to Play Santa for People Who Don’t Help
    Dec 15 2025
    In our series called “Cheat Sheets,” we share easy-to-remember tips to help you through caregiving’s most hair-raising and patience-testing moments. This episode's Cheat Sheet helps you manage when your caree asks you to buy presents for those who don't help you. What would you add to our Cheat Sheet?

    Download your Cheat Sheet.

    Join our community, CaringOurWay.com, to connect our support.

    About Denise

    Denise supports individuals managing difficult life experiences with coaching, planning and training. Through her work, Denise helps clients find hope, possibilities and a path forward. Denise began helping individuals who care for a family member in 1990 and launched a business to help them in 1995. She created one of the first online caregiving communities in 1996 which she managed until its sale in 2020.

    Denise now develops and delivers training programs for the workplace and for individuals who want to coach family caregivers. More than 400 individuals from eight different countries have enrolled in her training programs offered through her company, The Caregiving Years Training Academy. Her training programs have been approved to provide Continuing Education Units to health care professionals, including nurses, and human resource professionals.

    Denise also hosts an online community, CaringOurWay.com, that supports individuals during and after their personal caregiving experience. Community members enjoy free workshops and special events like the Caregiving Listener Project and the 36-Hour Christmas Chat. Denise is the author of several books that provide insights, comfort and hope to those who care, including The Caregiving Guide, Your Go-To Reference and Companion During All Stages of Your Caregiving Experience, and After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again. Her free resource, A Workbook for Your Workplace Wellness, helps individuals who care, grieve and work.

    Denise began helping her parents in 2004 after her father’s bladder cancer diagnosis. Her mom, who had Parkinson’s disease, died in August 2022, one year to the date after Denise’s brother died. Her father died in July 2023.

    Next Avenue named Denise a 2017 Influencer in Aging, one of “50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts who continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older.” Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, Time magazine and Chicago Tribune.
    Show More Show Less
    8 mins
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