Author and professor Kristin Neff writes about an important aspect caregivers must incorporate into their lives in order to stay healthy and at the top of their caregiving game: self-compassion. “Self-compassion is crucial for caregivers — not only because it…
I believe that caregiving is an art. I wore that hat in many different settings, including ones where I also supervised other caregivers. However, I never expected to be a caregiver for one of my teenaged children. After my daughter Beth’s spinal…
Harriet has been a caregiver to her husband for more than 18 years, and she knows how demanding the role of caregiver can be. Here are reasons she finds caregiving so stressful. Caregiving is often lonely and overwhelming. Caregiving is usually a…
Providing care for a family member is a difficult job. Most caregivers find themselves thrown into the role unexpectedly, and adjusting can be very stressful. Family caregivers include children caring for aging parents, spouses caring for one another post…
When a patient with a disability or chronic impairment embarks on a hospital stay, the role of a family caregiver becomes a crucial one. “The reality of hospital care today is that nurses, doctors and therapists perform assessments and…
Caregiving is stressful. We all know that. And if you’re a caregiver, you know all about the struggle of fitting in time to take care of yourself. There are over 43 million adults in the United States alone providing unpaid care…
“It’s very easy to deny your own needs. It’s very easy to put the other person’s needs first.” https://youtu.be/ZEnquuMhjAA Robin Dorman is a clinical health psychologist. Caregivers are often the first to sacrifice their health and emotional needs, and are usually…
https://youtu.be/CrFIceYX71s “It’s important to understand as a caregiver that you have to be really cognizant and aware of the fact that you need to adjust your role.” Carol's first instinct when her son became a quadriplegic at the age of 20 was…
https://youtu.be/2z43rO-06Ag “My daughter, my goodness she’s strong,” says Sue, a mother of two kids. Her son was paralyzed when he was 10 and is a ventilator dependent quadriplegic. Although Sue’s daughter is not the one paralyzed, she has noticed significant changes…
“Not too long ago, I felt like I didn’t want to be here. Just angry, depressed…” Then things changed. “Letitia became my carer and my life changed massively,” shares Maia. Now, Letitia is her best friend, and Maia is one of…