New to Caregiving: Empowering Yourself with Knowledge and Resilience

Becoming a caregiver can creep up on you. Maybe it starts with dropping by your mom’s house to do her laundry, taking your dad to a doctor’s appointment or delivering groceries to your friend. Gradually, you find yourself doing more and more as the person you care for needs more support. Other times, caregiving is triggered by a major health event or acute diagnosis, such as a serious fall, motor vehicle accident, stroke, heart attack or cancer diagnosis. In both scenarios, caregiving becomes your primary focus, redirecting all your energy and attention. Life as you know it shifts, and in an instant, caregiving becomes your new normal. 

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