Book contents
- The Gift of Aging
- Reviews
- Additional material
- The Gift of Aging
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Map and Compass
- Part I Caring For Your Mind
- Part II Caring For Your Body
- Part III Caring For Yourself and Your Family
- 21 Who Needs an Estate Plan? Everyone
- 22 Financial Planning through the Decades
- 23 An Ethical Will: Leaving Your Legacy to Loved Ones
- 24 You’ve Become a Caregiver
- 25 So Many Living Arrangements
- 26 Do This One Simple Thing to Add 7.5 Years to Your Life!
- Part IV Caring For Your Soul
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Elizabeth’s Original Mediterranean Diet Recipes
- Index
24 - You’ve Become a Caregiver
Now What?
from Part III - Caring For Yourself and Your Family
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2023
- The Gift of Aging
- Reviews
- Additional material
- The Gift of Aging
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Map and Compass
- Part I Caring For Your Mind
- Part II Caring For Your Body
- Part III Caring For Yourself and Your Family
- 21 Who Needs an Estate Plan? Everyone
- 22 Financial Planning through the Decades
- 23 An Ethical Will: Leaving Your Legacy to Loved Ones
- 24 You’ve Become a Caregiver
- 25 So Many Living Arrangements
- 26 Do This One Simple Thing to Add 7.5 Years to Your Life!
- Part IV Caring For Your Soul
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Elizabeth’s Original Mediterranean Diet Recipes
- Index
Summary
With the tremendous growth of people over age 65—10,000 people a day cross that marker—it is expected that in the next 20 years nearly every middle-aged person will be caregiving someone. Few have any idea what lies ahead. No clear charted course. Takes a toll, mentally and physically. Caregivers need help too. Chapter describes Seven Core Strategies that can provide the support and renewal caregivers need throughout their journey. Look for outside help. Find a support group. Figure out a self-care plan, and do it. Enlist outside help for your loved one’s physical needs. Maintain your own health. Make time to reflect on your situation. Find your team. The greatest comfort you can know is that you have cared, you have invested yourself, and that you have loved.
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- The Gift of AgingGrowing Older with Purpose, Planning and Positivity, pp. 170 - 174Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023