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“Ask yourself what is the most important thing in your life?… what if I told you the right answer was I and the most important thing in life was me?” Caregivers feel overwhelmed, anxious and sometimes take on their patient’s […]
“When someone’s older we seem to do more, but what we really should be doing is less…slow it down. Stop rushing.” Caregivers think that older adults need a lot of professional medical help. While caring for older parents, the caregiver […]
“It negatively affects the spouse caregiver’s and the patient’s relationship… the marital tension escalates. And that happens in all marriages…this is the natural history of what happens in a household when there is serious medical illness.” Frances Lewis, a scientist […]
“Important to look back on how you got into the commitments … They don’t remember saying yes, but they know for sure they never said no…” Physicians are trained to help people right away even if it does not benefit […]
“The reason it’s important to have a plan, is that it gives you more options. It helps avoid family arguments and it helps you to be prepared to take care of yourself when you’re caregiving for others” It is said […]
“We are afraid of endings… We are afraid of seeing our parents grow smaller… We are scared so we deny it.” Amy O’Rourke has been working with the elderly for most of her life. While she mentions how much she […]
“This is not gonna come as a surprise to your patient or their family, they just need validation of what they already fear and know deep inside themselves.” Health care practitioners often find themselves in situations where they have to discuss difficult […]
“the airlines tell us [to] put your mask on first before you help your loved one…I had to learn that if I didn’t become selfish there was no way I was going to survive this…” Dave Nassaney and his wife […]
“Each and every one of you will at some point in your lifetime become a caregiver to a loved one close to you. Today the experience of caregiving is far from ideal and as a designer, I believe it can be better. […]
“Love them, but love yourself too. Support them but support yourself too. And help them but allow yourself to be helped also. Take care of yourself…..take super care of yourself” Linda Ercoli works with people with Alzheimers disease and counsels […]
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