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Frustration with everything. I’m about to lose it
Caregivers | Last Active: Apr 30, 2023 | Replies (47)Comment receiving replies
After trying to do it all myself, I have come to realize “they” are right. I do need time for myself. I have learned to say yes to a meal when offered, to ask a relative or friend if they might sit with my loved one for a few hours while I run errands or go to the doctor or to watch a grandchild’s concert or sports event, and I now have hired a sitter for a few hours twice a week for a few hours each time. It has been SO freeing. Some days I go out, or I may stay home and do some work undisturbed, or even take a nap. Worth every penny! It enables me to be a better care partner too.
Sending you a hug. We all need more of those too.
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Sounds great and good for you! How did you find someone you trust with not only your husband but your home? What do they do with him while they are with him? My husband is still a very proud man and wouldn't want to feel like he's being babysat.
Warmly,
Trisha
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Family are not always the best help sometimes you need skilled nursing sometimes in home nursing hospice is very good hospice doesn't mean that they're going to die or that you're planning for them to Die the nursing home that my brother was in said that hospice was an extra set of hands and extra care and they were and they came in and came alongside of the nursing home which was very specialized in wound care and some other things and my brother needed wound care but he was so bad when he came in that they weren't able to heal his wounds and they tried very hard they went the extra mile and they were very good even the young people that they trained they came in and waited on him and fed him and changed him and so forth they were very good and very kind and he appreciated it and I would recommend that to anyone