Post on 25-May-2015
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Help a Caregiver You Know
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Ways to help
• Offer to help clean and cook.• Wrap Christmas presents.• Go shopping.• Pick up the kids.• Give them the day off.• Drop off dinner.• Send a thank you gift to a family that is
caregiving.
If You Are the Caregiver
Take Care of Yourself
• Ask for help from family, friends, church, community organizations.
• Get lots of sleep, eat well, exercise, and take breaks.
• Gift yourself with relaxation. Treat yourself as often as you can.
Address Family Problems
Assess the Situation
• Use family gatherings to assess how your parents are really doing. Are they healthy, are they safe?
• Watch for seasonal and clinical depression at the holidays.
• Do your parents have a will? A financial plan? • Do you know their doctors? Their
medications?
Talk
• End family feuds. • Talk to siblings about your parents and their
needs.• Photograph and interview older family
members and preserve those memories.• Acknowledge past losses. Honor those who
are gone by tell stories, continuing traditions, etc.
A lifeline to
adult children
caregivers
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