E124: 8 Personal Practices That I Incorporated Into My Caregiver Life

 

Do you remember the date?  The date you became a caregiver for your loved one?  It’s not the date you celebrate or the date you really want to remember.   But it is the day your life changed.  

 

You’re sitting in the doctor’s office with your loved one and the doctor reveals the cancer diagnosis.   How do you move forward?

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You get the call that there was an accident and you rush to the hospital? 

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You get a call from your spouse's work, something is off and they send your loved one home.  You convince them to go to the ER and the doctor’s indicate that they are having a stroke. 

Just a few scenarios of how you become a caregiver suddenly.  

It’s not a profession or career we look forward to or go to school for.  As I think back in my youth, I never played house as a caregiver (it was usually mom, doctor and once in a while I played Alice from the Brady Bunch).  As a...

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