Notes

Keep Sane While Caregiving
Caregiving is now an epidemic in Western Culture. The quantity of family care providers is increasing at alarming rates once we see a rise in illness and shorter hospital stays due to insurance reimbursement schedules. If the period of caregiving is short term or longterm doesn't matter it is usually an overwhelming experience so keep your needs in the equation to avoid burnout and reduce the chance of you becoming ill.

The Social You
We're social animals. We do best when we connect to others and feel connected to something larger than ourselves. Isolation is one of the key factors behind depression so when providing care for somebody who is sick or injured the isolation isn't by your choice but by circumstance. It's important that you create a plan for keeping connected to friends and family. Just like the hospital has visiting times for the individual, you may set up visiting times for you the caregiver. The visit could be personally or phone. In any event the important thing is that folks are connecting with you, not the person you're providing the care. It's about keeping your own social connections and going for a break from having the entire conversation be concerning the loved one who is sick.

The Multi-Dimensional You
You are more than just a caregiver. Consider all of the roles you hold along with providing care for someone sick or injured. It's okay to create parameters when communicating with others. It's you substitute for divert conversation away from you as caregiver, and redirect them to something that is focuses on a number of of one's other roles. Culturally we are trained to spotlight the sick or injured. The caregiver is usually a secondary consideration so keeping all of the elements of you functioning well will keep you grounded. In the event that you play cards on a weekly basis and the individual you're caring for can't be left alone; schedule a person who wants to visit the patient to visit in those days freeing you to attend to your other needs, like your life. Pun intended, the martyr role. It's unattractive, receives little sympathy and increases your isolation. This is the time whenever your creative problem solving skills should rise the surface in order to address all of the roles you play that you experienced, keeping them alive and well.

The Compassionate You
When providing care we think about the wedding vows that stipulate, for better or worse, in sickness and in health. The thing is that at the time we take those vows we've some degree of invincibility. Once the day comes that caregiving is necessary, reflecting on the memories you've acquired helps sooth the pain of caregiving. Caregiving is a selfless act. It needs to some degree that you stop what you're doing, put your life on hold, and look after someone who can no longer fully look after their own lives. Following the shock of the diagnosis, the caregiver provides support in what is often a thankless environment. The gratitude is unspoken, but the care recipient who's fragile knows in their head and their heart that recuperation or sustainability couldn't happen without you, the caregiver. Know in your heart that your efforts are appreciated and that some day in some fashion you'll be offered the thanks you deserve.

Caregiving is a difficult role. It is under appreciated and all consuming. Keep yourself connected to friends and family. Feel free to divert conversations away from illness. Invite visitors who'll spend time with you so that you're social needs are met. Understand that even though what "thank you" aren't uttered often enough, the care recipient thinks it often as do friends, family and the ones in the community.

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