Comments on: Classify Caregiver Burnout and End It http://healthcarehomestudy.com/blog/2009/10/30/classify-caregiver-burnout-and-end-it/ Online Home Health Care Support for the Elderly or a Loved One Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:05:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: robert tell http://healthcarehomestudy.com/blog/2009/10/30/classify-caregiver-burnout-and-end-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 robert tell Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:02:40 +0000 http://healthcarehomestudy.com/blog/?p=81#comment-1249 I have expressed the following thoughts before on several blogs, maybe even this one. However, I believe they are worth repeating. Caregiver burnout is a major issue for those with this awesome responsibility. Don't overlook the role of humor to make things more bearable. Things that made me angry and frustrated when my mother (who had dementia)was alive, in retrospect are filled with funny happenings. This is true too for the many caregivers who read my blog and contact me about my book which emphasizes humor as a healing balm. Caregivers need all the emotional support they can get. Dementia is a disease that knows no boundaries. It is blind to the categories in which we usually place our fellow human beings. It can occur at the age of 55 or 85. It can happen to Blacks, Whites, Hispanics, Asians, Jews, Christians, Muslims, males and females, rich and poor. It will not spare ex-presidents or ex-prime ministers. It did not spare my mother. Tears are shed by husbands and wives, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters—in fact anyone responsible for the care of a loved one with dementia. Bob Tell, Author Dementia Diary, A Caregiver's Journal http://www.dementia-diary.com http://caregiverchronicle.blogspot.com/ I have expressed the following thoughts before on several blogs, maybe even this one. However, I believe they are worth repeating. Caregiver burnout is a major issue for those with this awesome responsibility. Don’t overlook the role of humor to make things more bearable. Things that made me angry and frustrated when my mother (who had dementia)was alive, in retrospect are filled with funny happenings. This is true too for the many caregivers who read my blog and contact me about my book which emphasizes humor as a healing balm. Caregivers need all the emotional support they can get. Dementia is a disease that knows no boundaries. It is blind to the
categories in which we usually place our fellow human beings. It can occur at the age of 55 or 85. It can happen to Blacks, Whites, Hispanics, Asians, Jews, Christians, Muslims, males and females, rich and poor. It will not spare ex-presidents or ex-prime ministers. It did not spare my mother. Tears are shed by husbands and wives, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters—in fact anyone responsible for the care of a loved one with dementia.

Bob Tell, Author
Dementia Diary, A Caregiver’s Journal
http://www.dementia-diary.com
http://caregiverchronicle.blogspot.com/

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