http://acaregiversjournal.com/the-white-house-agenda-for-seniors-is-incomplete.html Insights and Shared Stories by Family Caregivers Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:31:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://acaregiversjournal.com/the-white-house-agenda-for-seniors-is-incomplete.html/comment-page-1#comment-418 Valerie Johnson Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:52:10 +0000 http://acaregiversjournal.com/?p=613#comment-418 Hattie, I agree with you. People don't want to think about caregiving until they have to deal with it. Unfortunately, when that time comes, the learning curve is so steep that it is an emotional drain and can be overload. I believe that's one of the things that makes people think they are not fit to be a caregiver. Hattie, I agree with you. People don’t want to think about caregiving until they have to deal with it. Unfortunately, when that time comes, the learning curve is so steep that it is an emotional drain and can be overload. I believe that’s one of the things that makes people think they are not fit to be a caregiver.

]]> http://acaregiversjournal.com/the-white-house-agenda-for-seniors-is-incomplete.html/comment-page-1#comment-417 Hattie Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:44:05 +0000 http://acaregiversjournal.com/?p=613#comment-417 It occurs to me that a big problem is that people don't want to think about caregiving and other difficult matters until they are confronted with them. When they to do have deal with their situation, they are too busy for political activities that would change things. In the groups I belong to you can get members to talk about almost anything but caregiving. We have learned our lessons the hard way and are striving to see to it that our children won't find us dumped on them without any preparation for what's to come. And it's not just the logistics, either. For me, the emotional part was far worse than the actual caregiving. My husband and I are still getting over this long drawn out process of looking after a very old person who would never get better. We find that our ability to enjoy life was impaired more than we realized and is only slowly coming back. It occurs to me that a big problem is that people don’t want to think about caregiving and other difficult matters until they are confronted with them. When they to do have deal with their situation, they are too busy for political activities that would change things. In the groups I belong to you can get members to talk about almost anything but caregiving.
We have learned our lessons the hard way and are striving to see to it that our children won’t find us dumped on them without any preparation for what’s to come. And it’s not just the logistics, either. For me, the emotional part was far worse than the actual caregiving. My husband and I are still getting over this long drawn out process of looking after a very old person who would never get better. We find that our ability to enjoy life was impaired more than we realized and is only slowly coming back.

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