Farewell caregivers!

I am sad to say, I am hanging up my blogger hat after 18 months to make way for some fresh perspective for another caregiver.
I have really enjoyed sharing my views and experiences caring for Pops with the HealthTalk audience during these past months, but it’s time to relinquish the forum to some of the other caregiver voices out there. There is a near-infinite variety of caregiver situations and mine and Pops’s is just one, and frankly I have pretty much exhausted what I have to say.
In fact, when I looked back on my 18 months of blog entries, I can’t help notice some of them are remarkably similar. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. One of the singular aspects of caregiving is you find yourself doing a lot of the same stuff over and over again.
From a personal standpoint, I think one of the positive things that came out of writing this blog was that it prodded me to be a better – or at least a more considerate – caregiver. I thought about caregiving situations more because I knew I would be writing about them. There’s nothing like having to put things into words to clarify your thinking. You can still be wrong, but not by mistake if you catch my meaning.
Current status: I am happy to report that Pops remains in reasonably good health and in remarkably good spirits for 91. But then Pops has a strong will and a humorous nature, and he has never let the externalities of life dictate his mood. As he told me many years ago, “You live your life inside your head.”...

Source: Caregiver Notes - July 18, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Jeff Muise Tags: Caregiver lifestyle Caregiver's resources Caregiver's role caregiving Caregiving support elderly parent Retirement community Senior Health blogs caregiver blog caregiver community Caregiver Notes father HealthTalk history jef Source Type: blogs