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1). What You Don't Know Can Hurt You…And Them
Copyright 2006 Vivian Banta
When my mother had a massive stroke, I remember arriving in the emergency room and being asked a dozen questions about her medical history. My father was out of it, in shock, I think, and although my mother had been taken to the hospital she gone to for almost 40 years, they were still asking the standard questions. What.
Article tags: seniors, aging, baby boomers, health, caretaker, adult children, aging parents, parents, will, medical information, dying, death, getting older, caring, managing health, health issues, aging issues, growing older
2). Anticipatory Grief and On-going Sadness for Caregivers
Anticipatory Grief and On-going Sadness for Caregivers
© Judy H. Wright, 2005 www.ArtichokePress.com
In 1969, Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross published On Death and Dying and later went on to launch the Hospice movement in America. Even though her studies focused more on those who were dying than the caregivers that were left behind, her work has had enormous influence on the understanding of various stages of death and grief.
Article tags: death, illness, cancer, aids, caretaker, care taker, mourn, grief, saddness, caring, death of a loved one, anticipating death, role of a care taker, new beginnings, sickness and health, terminal illness, acute ill
3). How to Survive as a Primary Caregiver
Copyright 2006 Lynne Taetzsch
When we’re under stress as caregivers, it’s important to have outlets for relief and to periodically rejuvenate ourselves. Otherwise we do harm to ourselves and everyone around us.
Now, getting relief is more easily said than done. Sometimes there’s just no alternative but to buck up under the load. However, even a small gesture can often be tremendously beneficial.
Article tags: caregiver, caretaker, caregiving, caretaking, alzheimer's, dementia, primary caregiver, mental health, aging, health