The fascinating story of a changing role for an entire family. a two plus year journey.
Mother fell. Child to Parent. Job change to become caregiver. From a traveling job to a locally based role.
The Pits
- Becoming the advocate
- Frustration with the system
- Home Health Care Nightmare
- Becoming a nurse
- Becoming a research expert
- Support is minimal
The Rewards
- Becoming the Nurse/Research Expert
- Seeing her Mom's improvement
- Giving ALWAYS outweighs Receiving
- New Enriched Life with New Friends
Starting CareGiver's Foundation
Learnings
- Organization is key
- Find Time for You
- Go with your Gut
- Humor
- Document, Document, Document
- Persistence Pays
- Technology
Now for the discussion…..
How do you handle the changing role?
Sons and daughters have different roles because of perceptions of the parent.
Hospice is engaged when people have a 6 month life expectancy.
Technology
Internet - Google is my Friend
Continual Connection to new Technologies
Using Memory Mate
We also talked about BeClose as a monitoring tool set.
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