Understanding your loved one's viewpoint with communication, empathy, and support for their feelings in a heart-to-heart way is a vital part of our CareGiver role!

​Sometimes we're so busy keeping it all together, getting tasks done, staying organized, being prepared, and running circles around them that we often need to stop and show ample amounts of compassion!

​It's so important to try to understand how they must feel when you are in the middle of caring for your loved ones.  There are emotional and psychological aspects of the condition(s) they face which can be just as challenging as the physical ones.  Throw in a heaping cup of losing their independence...well, walk a mile in their shoes!  How do you think you would feel if this were happening to you?  

Being mindful of how you communicate whether it's verbally, facial expressions, and/or body language.  Having a compassionate approach to caring will help considerably which in turn paves a path for them in a safe environment that welcomes communication, and a chance to strengthen relationships!

​As we all age, more and more Adult Children find ourselves in the role of CareGivers for our aging parent(s).  There are so many changes taking place physically, emotionally, psychologically, financially, and spiritually requiring us all to communicate with empathy.

​Our families also take on the changes with us.  Family dynamics are in a constant state of 'changing' and that continues for at least as long as your parent(s) and/or loved ones' care requires changing.  We as CareGivers are the 'monkey-in-the-middle' as we try to keep it all together consoling everyone from the youngest to the oldest of family members including ourselves!

You should be fully aware that they are losing their skills and abilities that relate to what is called: Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Skills (IADL's).  These are the more complex tasks that people perform every day to take care of themselves and their homes, safely, functionally, allowing them to live independently in their communities.
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Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) are basic activities related to personal care. They include bathing or showering, dressing, getting in and out of bed or a chair, walking, using the toilet, and eating.  So you can imagine now what they must be feeling losing many of these 'no-brainer' skills and abilities they now need assistance with.