A New Look at Caregiving: Two Halves of a Whole
This book presents a new way of looking at caregiving. It is time to shine a spotlight on how to nourish the caregiver ’s soul, that hidden part of each of us which is the very essence of our being. Give yourself a hearty hug. If you are a caregiver, you are a special person. Many of us, including myself, are caregivers now and many more will be responsible for giving care to another in the not-so-distant future. We are still husbands, wives, sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, cousins or friends but the caregiver label quickly overshadows our other roles.
This is a new stage of life for which we are badly in need of some guidelines. A New Look at Caregiving: Two Halves of a Whole presents the phase of caregiving from a different, and more inclusive perspective that clearly recognizes two halves: care for the caregiver on an equal footing with caregiving for another. Unless we begin to look at caregiving in a more realistic way, it will continue to heap worry and guilt, physical and emotional turmoil, and exhaustion on the caregiver.
It is the time for caregivers to care for themselves as well as the time to care for others. Each is one half of the whole.