What a wonderful idea for people who spend and expend so much energy in caring for someone in their family like a spouse or a parent.
The idea is to ask for some help to make the Holidays and winter [or even just everyday life] a bit easier.
The CareGiver gets out a piece of paper and ....makes out a Reverse Gift List.
The idea is that the caregiver asks for some things that would help them and in the future they can pay it back when their time is not fully occupied by being a CareGiver.
Most people enjoy helping.
Things that are simple like a visit.
Maybe a visit so the CareGiver can have a part of a day off.
So the idea is...
On one side of the piece of paper make a list of people you trust.
On the other side of the paper make a list of Things They Can Do.
Uh oh.
My paper is getting nowhere fast.
I need to set it aside and think about it.
First the needs of the day.
Chores
Meal prep
Visit MIL in the Nursing Home
Errands
Bills
Laundry
And dream about the days when I complained about going to work.
Life has thrown you a lot of challenges and you have been handling them as best you can. I really like the idea of the caregiver list so you can get time to breath and explore. It helps that you have good neighbors but it's still hard to be on call 24 hours a day so I hope you can get some planned breaks.
ReplyDeleteA great idea....BUT we have to be so vigilent about germs and perfumes...and not everyone understands that so there are not many people I would trust.
ReplyDeleteThat is so very true.
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