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Managing The Stress ~ Making The Decisions ~ Discovering The Meaning |
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Solutions To Your Caregiving Situations Throughout Your Caregiving Years |
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(Each month, we take a closer look at an aspect of your caregiving experience. In February, we take a look at life after caregiving.) Life After Caregiving You'll survive-and be better for it By Denise M. Brown, Publisher and Editor I often remember Jeanette, a former family caregiver and former member of our online support groups. When her husband was alive, she was too nervous to drive outside their town's limits. But, after caring for him over a period of several years and after his death, she hit the highway--literally. She's logged many miles in her car, visiting family members and friends (including friends she made in the online support group) without fear. Her caregiving experience, she believes, gave her a confidence she had previously not know. What you're in the midst of caregiving, it's hard to imagine that you'll get anything but another headache and another fight with a health care professional. What good come from this-an experience that is so emotionally and physically demanding that it always seems to win your total exhaustion? But, it's also a role that can transform the family caregivers after the caregiving ends and change their lives forever. Stories that illustrate how life-changing the caregiving experience are the focus of this month's issue. We introduce you to former family caregivers, including a former family caregiver who now creates and develops puzzles for Alzheimer's patients; a former family caregiver who started a home care agency; and the co-founder of Children of Aging Parents, a non-profit organization based in Levittown, Pa., who cared for her father for ten years. We also hear from Howard Shapiro, long-time contributor to Caregiving! newsletter, whose wife, Beth, died last fall. And, two daughters share their stories-one as her mother is dying; the other, two months after her mother's death. Life gives us milestones, such as marriage and children, which change us. Raising children teaches you how to love. Caring for your family members in their last years teaches you how to live. Index of Articles Putting the Pieces of the Puzzle Together Reaching Clients Professionally and Personally Learning to Move Forward After the Loss Steps Toward a Successful Experience |
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