Brilliant Caregiver

Caregiving part-time, caregiving full-time, caregiving for a friend, family member or spouse all while life goes on at full speed can be rewarding as well as stressful. All of us will likely face some amount of eldercare there are so many more ways that caregiving might show up in your life.

Caregiving is most often about recovery. Yet there is no caregiver training. Caregiver skills are usually acquired on the job. Caregiver job descriptions vary widely. You are a caregiver if you are caring for someone during their recovery from almost anything... To be a "Brilliant Caregiver" is to be courageous, creative, competent, clever and, ideally, coping gracefully with the caregiving challenge. It is possible! I've done a lot of it. Check out WWW.BRILLIANTCAREGIVER.ORG for more information.

Things you can do to help:
1. Childcare
2. Go clean the kitchen, bathroom or whole house.
3. Pet care
4. Come by and do the yard work or wash the car.
5. Offer to pick up groceries.
6. Plant care
7. Find a favorite author & read a book out loud.8. Get a mp3 player, load with favorite listening,

There is so much more you can give besides flowers, consider.....
1. Unscented non-allergenic laundry products.
2. Sound machine with nature sounds
4. A digital timer with 2 settings for keeping track of meds
5. 1-2 suction cup grab bars
6. Night lights
7. File box or accordian file for organizing the current situation
8. Small address box specifically for this crisis
9. Good toenail clippers
10. Plastic wrap(casts)
11. Extra pillows
12. Groceries
13. Case of Boost or Ensure
14. Hand held shower and wall mounting bracket
15. Bed risers
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