You, the Caregiver, are very
important
Few people are prepared for the
responsibilities and tasks involved in caring for the aged. To help
make the task easier, it is important to have a game plan in life
which helps determine where we are headed and how we are going to
get there. This guide will help to serve as a road map which gives
optional paths for caregivers.
It is also an emphatic reminder that
those who care for other people can do a better job of care-giving
if time and attention also are given to their own personal needs. It
can not be stated strongly enough; the caregiver is a very important
part of the care-giving equation.
The success of this equation and
the continuance of its success is actually dependent on how well the
caregiver cares for him/herself. In other words, if the caregiver
becomes ill, who will care for the care-receiver? Before you get to
that place, please read this handbook.
This handbook explores a number of
different topics which can make the role of caregiver easier, and at
the same time, help the person receiving the care. Throughout this
handbook, care-giving refers to the person giving care, and care-receiver
the elderly person receiving the care.
Here are two checklists, one
focusing on the care-receiver and the other on the
caregiver. They
are included as general guidelines to help insure an optimal level
of health, safety and comfort for both your care-receiver and
yourself, the caregiver.
