Don't we all need a ray of sunshine or a beacon of hope when life gets challenging?
As a family caregiver, you can become comfortable with the daily routines and rhythms of caregiving and not realize how stressed, or physically and emotionally exhausted you've become.
You are doing an amazing job! Caregiving is difficult, complicated work.
But have you ever spilled coffee in the car or missed an important appointment and found yourself so overwhelmed in those moments that you couldn't take another step forward? This is when you've reached the point of burnout.
The good news is, you don't have to do it alone.
An Aging Life Care Professional (aka geriatric Care Manager) can bring that ray of sunshine and offer the beacon of hope you so richly deserve and need.
Outsourcing some of those tasks to a Care Manager frees up time for you to focus on yourself (and let us stress that self-care is not selfish, you are a priority!)
And as Lisa said, "My parting thought that's really been on my mind lately is hope, that it can feel so hopeless at times being an adult child supporting a parent, especially in the sandwich generation.
No matter how messy the situation, how frustrating, how complicated, it can get better. And your life can feel easier. And that there is hope, and that there are people out there to make it easier and to help you get some of your life back, and help you put some boundaries in place, and help you feel better."
Looking for guidance on how best to move forward? Our Care Managers are experts in helping family caregivers live well.
if you live in the greater Seattle area, CLICK HERE to schedule a FREE get-acquainted call today.
If you live outside the greater Seattle area, click here to find an Aging Life Care Professional near you.
This is an excerpt of a longer conversation between Lisa Mayfield, Aging Wisdom's founder and principal, and Laura Vaillancourt, MA, LMHC, GMHS on her 'Life on Repeat podcast'.
Don't we all need a ray of sunshine or a beacon of hope when life gets challenging?
As a family caregiver, you can become comfortable with the daily routines and rhythms of caregiving and not realize how stressed, or physically and emotionally exhausted you've become.
You are doing an amazing job! Caregiving is difficult, complicated work.
But have you ever spilled coffee in the car or missed an important appointment and found yourself so overwhelmed in those moments that you couldn't take another step forward? This is when you've reached the point of burnout.
The good news is, you don't have to do it alone.
An Aging Life Care Professional (aka geriatric Care Manager) can bring that ray of sunshine and offer the beacon of hope you so richly deserve and need.
Outsourcing some of those tasks to a Care Manager frees up time for you to focus on yourself (and let us stress that self-care is not selfish, you are a priority!)
And as Lisa said, "My parting thought that's really been on my mind lately is hope, that it can feel so hopeless at times being an adult child supporting a parent, especially in the sandwich generation.
No matter how messy the situation, how frustrating, how complicated, it can get better. And your life can feel easier. And that there is hope, and that there are people out there to make it easier and to help you get some of your life back, and help you put some boundaries in place, and help you feel better."
Looking for guidance on how best to move forward? Our Care Managers are experts in helping family caregivers live well.
if you live in the greater Seattle area, CLICK HERE to schedule a FREE get-acquainted call today.
If you live outside the greater Seattle area, click here to find an Aging Life Care Professional near you.
This is an excerpt of a longer conversation between Lisa Mayfield, Aging Wisdom's founder and principal, and Laura Vaillancourt, MA, LMHC, GMHS on her 'Life on Repeat podcast'.