{"id":10,"date":"2009-09-09T21:27:40","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T01:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com.previewdns.com\/articles\/?p=10"},"modified":"2015-06-02T06:40:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T10:40:15","slug":"part-time-caregiving-can-be-a-full-time-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/articles\/part-time-caregiving-can-be-a-full-time-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Part-Time Caregiving Can Be a Full-Time Job"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Part-time caregiving can actually be a full time job.<\/strong> There are houses to be cleaned, meals to be prepared, and doctor appoints to be kept.\u00a0 As you parents or loved ones get older, you may become involved in one or more of these everyday activities.<\/p>\n

When you have an elderly parent or loved one,<\/strong> you feel the need to help them while many times putting your own feelings and priorities on the back burner.\u00a0 That being said, there is certainly nothing wrong in do that.\u00a0 Where the simple act of helping someone else leads to your life being put on hold is the basis of a problem.<\/p>\n

So, who has the time?<\/strong> How do you fit it all in?\u00a0 You may have children or a family of your own and a career that you\u2019ve worked years to establish yourself in.\u00a0 But as we age, so do the ones who have spent so many years of their lives caring for us.\u00a0 Now it\u2019s time to give a little back, and at the same time, balance a busy family life and career.<\/p>\n

So how can you do it without sacrificing your entire being?<\/strong> Well, it\u2019s going to be difficult.\u00a0 Caring for someone you care so much about will inevitably lead to stress, resentment, and guilt as you put your life on hold for theirs.<\/p>\n

First, we suggest<\/strong> you take an inventory of your strengths and weaknesses.\u00a0 What do you do best?\u00a0 Are you an organizer or planner?\u00a0 Maybe you should focus on planning doctor\u2019s appointments, therapy sessions, and medication organization and dispensing schedules. \u00a0Are you a better homemaker and cook?\u00a0 Maybe planning the proper meals and keeping the laundry in check would be best for you.<\/p>\n

Next, think about who you can<\/strong> lean on and really count on.\u00a0 Do you have siblings?\u00a0 They need to take the same personal inventory as you do to see where they can fit in.\u00a0 If you have a teenage son or nephew, give them garbage duty each week.\u00a0 You get the point.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t delegate the work, you\u2019ll end-up doing all of it, and that\u2019s not healthy.<\/p>\n

If your loved one requires 24-hour care,<\/strong> you\u2019ll have no choice but to get that care at their home, or take them to a facility that can give them the care they need.\u00a0 If they don\u2019t need this type of care, consider a medical alert monitoring system.\u00a0 These systems provide the peace of mind needed by both you and your loved one giving you both 24-hour care when you can\u2019t be there.<\/p>\n

Chances are, you\u2019re the oldest sister or only daughter of your aging parents.<\/strong> That\u2019s because statistically, you are the primary caregiver.\u00a0 It\u2019s just something you take upon yourself to do.\u00a0 If you focus on your strengths and the strengths of others, this new and added \u201cjob\u201d will feel much less like work and more of a natural extension of yourself.\u00a0 Don\u2019t do it alone if you don\u2019t have to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Part-time caregiving can actually be a full time job. There are houses to be cleaned, meals to be prepared, and doctor appoints to be kept.\u00a0 As you parents or loved ones get older, you may become involved in one or more of these everyday activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[94,93,95,76],"acf":[],"modified_by":"ArticlesTips","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1605,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/1605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}