I’ve recently worked with human resource (HR) leaders from a range of organizations to strengthen their internal support for employees with family caregiving responsibilities at…
Category: Caregiving
Am I a Caregiver? The Significance of Self-Identification
“Am I a caregiver?” She looked at me quizzically. She had just recounted all the things she was now doing for her husband. Things she…
How to Know When Caregiving Experience Requires a Change in Your Thinking
In last month’s blog post, I introduced the idea of charting your caregiving experience. You can do this by creating a crude X- and Y-…
How to Chart Your Caregiving Experience: Insights on the Dynamics of Care
I have been thinking about a Rand Corporation study[1] that sought to explain, organize, and quantify the various trajectories of chronic illness that we commonly…
“The Caregiver,” a Poem by Dr. Aaron Blight
Poetry can encapsulate something in a succinct but profound way. I wrote this poem in an attempt to capture the unique qualities of a caregiving…
What “Self-Care” for Caregivers Is Not (and What It Is)
Nowadays “self-care” is a term that gets tossed around everywhere. It has become a buzzword. A marketing slogan. A knee-jerk suggestion for anyone who appears…
