By Deborah J. Cohan — 2017
Family violence is a dynamic process, not an event, that takes varying shapes and forms, often over years, and it can be lodged in caregiving. Caregiving, also a process and not an event, can be lodged in a context of family violence.
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Both working and non-working caregivers are likely to experience stress associated with “sandwich” caregiving.
So what does help when a friend or family member is in the thick of caregiving, or any crisis?
More adults these days find themselves becoming a caregiver for a family member, especially as the older demographic continues to grow. According to the Family Caregiver Alliance, 85% of caregivers look after a relative or other loved one, and 42% of them care for a parent.
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72% of entrepreneurs are directly or indirectly affected by mental health issues compared to just 48% of non entrepreneurs.
“For your husband, your illness may have made him acutely aware of not just your mortality, but also his own.”
You not calling, as a friend, can actually compound the grief and loss they are feeling. Just pick up the phone, even if you get it wrong, just have a conversation and do your best. Your friend with cancer is still the same person they were before.
Taking into account your own wellbeing as well as the best interests of others, here are some of the most important ways to become a better person.
Some tips to help you nourish each other's hearts.
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As caregivers, we need to be more than problem solvers. We need to be portals to a larger possibility.
At the beginning of each new year many people consider making resolutions to change for the better. Of those who succeed in making resolutions many fail. But many fail before they give success a chance because of fear.