Compassion in Dying provides counseling and support related to end-of-life choices. The organization believes dying individuals should be permitted to make their own end-of-life decisions, including hastening their own death.
The chronic stress of caring for an ailing loved one can reduce the body’s ability to fight off illness. Read more about the results of this research study, as summarized from the professional journal, Psychosomatic Medicine.
A study of Alzheimer caregivers families are the backbone of the long-term care system and provide care at enormous personal cost — to their health, other role responsibilities, & financial security. Astounding statistics are given.
A study found that three HMOs were able to provide more primary care for elderly adults in nursing homes than traditional fee-for-service plans, which cut down on hospitalizations and emergency room visits by HMO members.
More and more family members are becoming the primary caregiver to a loved one. In the instant of a diagnosis, caregivers, like yourselves are thrown into the role with no prior training. Contact your congress person for help.
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Caring for an aging or ill parent is something that none of use expects to do. Parents are at the mercy of their caregivers while adult children are scared and ill at ease in dealing with a long term illness.
One of today’s biggest health care crises is the depression faced by those who minister to aging relatives and friends. More then 60% of caregivers experience depression.
Caregivers are on a path seemingly without end, subject to the stresses and guilts of watching a loved ones pain without being able to erase it. They find themselves on a chaotic journey where the only certainty is the demise of a loved one.
According to the author, loneliness is a condition of SPIRIT, not the MIND. Realize that there are others who experience the same pain as you do and that you can connect with those people spiritually.
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