Caregivers Support Group
A voluntary caregiver is a spouse, relative, friend or neighbor of a disabled person or child who assists with activities of daily living and assists those unable to fully take care of themselves. The challenges of a caregiver are unique and sometimes it's hard to find people to talk to who know what you're going through. Join the conversation and find others who...
Hey everyone,
I've been wandering around the Daily Strength site, looking in different gorups and such, and guess what I've found....
Caregivers, everywhere, seems like every group I looked in this morning has a posting from a caregiver asking for advice or sharing the pain they are feeling caring for people that are member of the community the posting is in. Want to guess what I found then?
ONLY ONE OF THEM WAS A MEMBER OF THE CAREGIVER COMMUNITY.
I'm not really suprised as we all seem to focus a lot on the needs of the ones we are caring for and not enough on ourselves.
We forggt that if we don't hold it togeather, then the ones that need our help and support the most are going to be without.
I challenge all of you to look for your counterparts. They are all over this site and remind them that they are important too.
Remind them to take care of themselves, ask them to join our community!!
I'll bet in doing this for your fellow garegivers, you'll reinforce the message for yourselves!!
I've been wandering around the Daily Strength site, looking in different gorups and such, and guess what I've found....
Caregivers, everywhere, seems like every group I looked in this morning has a posting from a caregiver asking for advice or sharing the pain they are feeling caring for people that are member of the community the posting is in. Want to guess what I found then?
ONLY ONE OF THEM WAS A MEMBER OF THE CAREGIVER COMMUNITY.
I'm not really suprised as we all seem to focus a lot on the needs of the ones we are caring for and not enough on ourselves.
We forggt that if we don't hold it togeather, then the ones that need our help and support the most are going to be without.
I challenge all of you to look for your counterparts. They are all over this site and remind them that they are important too.
Remind them to take care of themselves, ask them to join our community!!
I'll bet in doing this for your fellow garegivers, you'll reinforce the message for yourselves!!
deleted_user
I just made a post in the colon cancer forum about this community. :D
deleted_user
Is there a way of posting on the home page where everyone can see it?
Sebbo
Not that I know of, I wonder if doug would be willing to add something to his welcome email mentioning it.
deleted_user
I sent a feedback email yesterday to see what could be done. Havent gotten a response yet.
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