49 Quotes About Caregiving

Never give up hope. If you do, you'll be dead already.-- Dementia Patient Rose in The Inspired Caregiver

The number of Canadians providing or expecting to provide eldercare in need is already a staggering statistic. Baby boomers are aging and this figure is likely to grow substantially.The Caregiver's Guide for Canadians will provide you with valuable advice to help you provide good eldercare while balancing all the demands on your time. It provides practical, realistic guidance; encouragement and insights to help you care for elders in need.

During the last week of her father's life, Blanca stayed home with him. 'I didn't bathe. I didn't sleep. I sat in the bed with him in the living room. And we were communicating all the time. I kept thinking, and it's more beautiful in Spanish, but I wanted to bottle his breathing.

By loving you more, you love the person you are caring for more.

People tell you to keep your "courage" up. But the time for courage is when she was sick, when I took care of her and saw her suffering, her sadness, and when I had to conceal my tears. Constantly one had to make a decision, put on a mask and that was courage.--Now, courage means the will to live and there's all too much of that.

Be careful, some criminals have taken ads in local papers offering home care services at reduced rates-WHAT YOU MUST KNOW AND DO BEFORE SELECTING A CAREGIVER FOR YOUR PARENTS OR CHILDS SAFETY, Author, V J SMITH BARNES AND NOBLE NOOK BOOK

Never give up hope! If you do, you be dead already.

Many of us follow the commandment 'Love One Another.' When it relates to caregiving, we must love one another with boundaries. We must acknowledge that we are included in the 'Love One Another.

For me as a spouse of a husband who is sexually competent, this is a big issue for me. Not because I desire sex, but because he does. He has become like a child in many ways. Yet, even as his abilities and personality diminish, he still wants us to act like we always have as husband and wife.