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Dealing with additional stressors

Caregivers | Last Active: Mar 1, 2018 | Replies (10)

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@harriethodgson1

I built a wheelchair accessible townhome for my disabled husband and me, his primary caregiver. Construction progressed while my husband was hospitalized for 8 months. I divided big jobs into small ones. I asked my church for help 4 cars pulled up in front of the house the next morning. Church volunteers moved all of our books, our clothing, and assembled shelves and bar chairs I had ordered. Fortunately, I had moved many times before and knew how to do it. I moved all the kitchen items myself. My grandkids (we raised them after their parents died in separate car crashes) moved lots of furniture for me. To move the last items I hired Two Men and a Truck for $350, a low price because our townhome was only a few blocks away from our old house. My advice: make lists, divide jobs into small segments, and ask for help.

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@harriethodgson1 I wish they went to church so we could get some help from there for them! We have plenty of help for moving day, it's the sitting off the 54 years of stuff that they need help with right now. There is family that lives in the same town but no one has been there to help yet. I guess I'll need to see if I can rally the troops.

Family is family and the troops should rally.