Caregiving is a rewarding and stressful career to get into. I started family caregiving when my mother got very sick in 2007. She had a major fever, got taken to the hospital and was not doing well. She needed someone to care for her when she was in the hospital and when she finally got home from the hospital. She was barely able to walk and normal movement of her body was painful. Her body weight increased due to swelling and water retention. She needed oxygen tanks setup in her small home. She also needed to take many medications to decrease the pain and reduce swelling in her feet and body.
I cared for my mother for a few weeks while her medical and state caregiving benefits were being approved. I then was introduced to the home caregivers program where I signed up and became her full time caregiver.
My mother slowly got better while I provided caregiving services to her. She successfully took her medications and her pain was becoming more and more bearable. Then due to personal reasons and caregiver burnout, I wasn't able to provide caregiving services for my mom any longer. My younger brother and other sisters soon took over providing care for my mom. She was in much better health now, than she was before my caregiving help. So I felt pretty safe to move on to my other family needs and personal life. I then decided that being a caregiver was something I enjoyed doing. I have been a home care worker/caregiver since 2007. I will use this caregiving diary to share with you what I have learned from taking care of all my clients.
This blog is going to be a caregiving resource and diary for all of those caregivers in need. I will supply personal caregiving experiences as well as caregiving tips that will hopefully help many other caregivers, homeworkers, and or caregiving clients.
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