Here's what the contributors say ...
...about caregiving
Caregiving may be one of the most important jobs anyone can do.
Donna Brouns
Donna and Mom
There is a reason that the airlines insist that in an emergency you put on your own safety jacket first before helping others.
Fanita English
Adjusting to the role of caregiver is formidable on its own, but when coupled with a demanding career and business enterprise, the puzzle pieces multiply and challenges increase in complexity.
Pamela McClean
Through mindfulness, one is free to observe life without getting caught in the commentary.
Sherri Baptiste
Journaling validates the right to be who you are and honors your worth as a caregiver. It has the power to save lives.
Lynn Goodwin
Different ethnic and cultural groups have varied expectations for care giving as well as wide variations in the kinds of social network resources available to a person who is providing care for another.
Mary McCall
Although it may not seem evident in the midst of the experience, caring for a frail older parent has the potential to provide a learning experience superior to any other.
Louise Morman
Those who have reached the age of 50 should be preparing for their next move, perhaps their last, to a residence that be comfortable and accessible for their loved ones and themselves as they both enter their senior years.
Eugene Muscat
Cooperation with life, even with the demands of caregiving, made for a happier immune system, which put me less at risk for getting a chronic or disabling disease so prevalent in female caregivers.
Anna Miller Tiedeman
Human resources professionals and organizations are treating caregiving as important as child-rearing, especially with the baby boomers becoming the first generation to balance both eldercare and childcare while juggling a career.
Maureen White
about care receiving...
By looking outside ourselves, we can learn from other caregivers, and as importantly, from care receivers.
Sally Gelardin
The option for having space around the edges, not multi-tasking every moment, is a new way for me to be in the world.
Gail Liebhaber
To wash away stress, take a 20-minute “sound bath.” Put relaxing music you enjoy on your stereo, then lie in a comfortable position on a couch or on the floor near the speakers.
Marilyn Harryman
Guided imagery is a fundamental tool of stress management and has been proven effective in many research studies measuring mental, emotional, and physical health and wellbeing.
Lynn Joseph
We're all both caregivers and care receivers...
Caregiving affects all people. We require it from birth to survive; we have an opportunity to share with others and provide it to ourselves; and many of us require it as we grow older.
Ed Colozzi
Something To Think About...
What does caregiving or care receiving mean to you? If you were to describe caregiving or care receiving in one sentence, what would you say?
Have you been both a caregiver and care receiver? Do you expect to be both at some point in your life? What are you doing now to prepare for these roles?