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- Hear the Interns at Caregiver Saathi Share their Experiences!May 15, 2020 2:52 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM8adXMWWAU&feature=youtu.be The year 2020 began with an influx of energetic interns. We had an intern who returned for her second internship and due to the COVID pandemic we had a few interns who had returned from college in Hong Kong and another intern working from Edinburgh. While they are all trying to juggle college work and the internship, it is through the efforts of our hardworking team, that Caregiver Saathi is able to successfully and effectively achieve its goals. We Read More
- Compassionate Caring: Prachi’s Opinion on Corona impact on Healthcare ProfessionalsApril 17, 2020 8:49 AM
“This is the single most important factor to remember if you want to save yourself from vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue, keep the boundary between yourself and your patients very clear.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkJD4BbMLHA&feature=youtu.be During the COVID-19 outbreak, healthcare professionals are going through a lot of physical and mental exhaustion. Prachi Vaish, a Clinical psychologist, highlights the anxiety that these healthcare professionals face, especially during such a crisis. “Do not get emotionally attached to your patients… It is not your job to Read More
- Compassionate Caring: Raghu’s view on socio-cultural change and caregivingFebruary 25, 2020 9:39 AM
“There’s going to be a lot of need for caregiving [for] elders, people who are lonely because their children have left…in one cross section of the population, the other cross section of the population which cant afford some of this care is going to have a lot of alienation of the old..” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giSbtaY5IBM&feature=youtu.be Raghu, one of Caregiver Saathi’s Mentors, is the co-founder of Sumedhas Academy for Human Context, The Barefoot Academy for Governance and FLAME TAO Knoware (Pvt. Ltd.). He has Read More
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- Prioritizing Self-Care to Combat Compassion FatigueMay 13, 2020 8:49 AM
“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?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-4m35Gixno Caregivers feel overwhelmed, anxious and sometimes take on their patient’s feeling as their own. Everyone is vulnerable, especially those who take long-term care of their loved ones at home. It is normal to have these feelings but they could turn into irritation, feelings of worthlessness and disconnecting themselves from Read More
- Enhancing the Quality of Life for the Elderly to Live HappierMay 11, 2020 4:13 AM
“When someone’s older we seem to do more, but what we really should be doing is less…slow it down. Stop rushing.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpPyjbcIPlY Caregivers think that older adults need a lot of professional medical help. While caring for older parents, the caregiver feels a huge weight of responsibility and wants to provide the best medical help as possible. In reality, unnecessary procedures by healthcare systems can end up causing more harm than good to older people because today, every symptom of Read More
- Thriving, Not Just Surviving: Busting Myths in Spousal CaregivingApril 28, 2020 4:51 AM
“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.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duhJHedj82g Frances Lewis, a scientist talks about a caregiver’s journey, particularly that of a caregiver who is also a spouse. According to research, there are four ways in which the illness in a patient’s body jumps into the spouse or the family. The first one Read More
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