Some good advice for caregivers

[chrisw]

I came across this link today.
Some excellent information for caregivers
Living With And Caring For Persons With Chronic Lung Disease
tinyurl.com/33on95
To which I would like to add one more tip - encourage the caregivee (patient) to do as much as possible for themselves - it is doing things, especially things for others, that gives one a sense of accomplishment, and without some sense of accomplishment then life tends to become pointless.
Please don't take this the wrong way - caregivers themselves most often give too much of themselves!

Chris W

[John]

Thanks Chris Very good info

[LindaNY]

Very good article, Chris. Especially your addendum:

To which I would like to add one more tip - encourage the caregivee (patient) to do as much as possible for themselves

It's amazing to me just how many people with this disease turn themselves into frightened invalids. It's so unnecessary and sad that they just give up.

[stargazer]

Thanks Chris for the link, it was great and i saw some reference material that i will check the library for!!