More caregivers are hospitalized due to burn out and stress related illnesses then due to worsening medical conditions. The reason is clear. Caregivers tend to put themselves last.
An experienced caregiver gives some great ideas as to how you can make life more pleasant for your loved one.
It is often one sibling, and one alone who takes on the lion share of caring for an aging parent. Learn how to get other siblings involved in caregiving.
Accept your feelings and submerge in the loving and compassionate existence. Abandon your feelings of guilt and the need for approval before you start caring for the loved one.
Do not hide your emotions and breathe properly. This article provides reasons and techniques for proper breathing.
Gail Mitchell persuades to free yourself from negative emotions and nurture yourself to grow emotionally and spiritually.
Caregivers do, however, have to find a source of motivation or they would not be successful at their task. The endless responsibilities of a caregiver do not come naturally in most cases but are assumed as being necessary
This article is a wonderful reminder of how we all need to be living our lives to fullest.
Give yourself a break and use this model to align yourself with your intentions.
Being caregivers we tend to forget our own needs until we are so overwhelmed that we cannot think of “how to” do this or that or the other thing. Here are some suggestions and websites to help you set up a support system.
Taking control doesn’t mean “doing it all” it simply means choosing what is important and letting go of what is not. Let us, as caregivers, look ahead to a one-step-at-a-time beginning in how we organize our lives and our attitudes.
Caregiver Burnout–One woman’s struggle to take care of herself and, what seemed to be, the rest of the world.
