Notes

Keep Sane While Caregiving
Caregiving is now an epidemic in Western Culture. The number 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 amount of caregiving is short term or long term doesn't matter it is usually an overwhelming experience so keep your preferences in the equation to prevent burnout and decrease the potential for you becoming ill.

The Social You
We're social animals. We do best when we interact with others and feel connected to something larger than ourselves. Isolation is among the key causes of depression so when providing care for a person who is sick or injured the isolation isn't by your choice but by circumstance. here that you create a plan for keeping connected to friends and family. Just like the hospital has visiting times for the individual, you may setup visiting times for you personally the caregiver. The visit can be in person or phone. Either way the main thing is that people are connecting with you, not the person you're providing the care. It's about maintaining your own social connections and going for a break from having the entire conversation be about the loved one who's sick.

The Multi-Dimensional You
You are a lot more than only a caregiver. Consider all of the roles you hold along with providing look after someone sick or injured. It's okay to set parameters when communicating with others. It's you option to divert conversation from you as caregiver, and redirect them to something that is focuses on one or more of one's other roles. Culturally we are trained to spotlight the sick or injured. The caregiver is often a secondary consideration so keeping all of the elements of you functioning well could keep you grounded. In the event that you play cards on a weekly basis and the person you're caring for can't be left alone; schedule somebody 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 top to help you address all the roles you play that you experienced, keeping them alive and well.

The Compassionate You
When providing care we think about the marriage 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. When the day comes that caregiving is necessary, reflecting on the memories you've acquired helps sooth the pain of caregiving. Caregiving is really 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 manage their own lives. After the shock of the diagnosis, the caregiver provides support in what is often a thankless environment. The gratitude is unspoken, however 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 will be offered the thanks you deserve.

Caregiving is really a difficult role. It is under appreciated and all consuming. Keep yourself connected to family and friends. Feel absolve to divert conversations away from illness. Invite visitors who'll spend time with you in order 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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