Caregiver Experience

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a good time to pause and remember that while you are a caregiver for a family member or a close friend, you are also the full-time caregiver for yourself.

Becoming a caregiver is a major commitment, but you don’t have to shoulder it alone. Remember that taking care of yourself gives you the ability to sustainably care for the person you are caring for. That’s why the first step of any caregiving journey involves building your caregiving team. Creating Your Caregiving Team…

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Herlinda Navarez has been there. Herlinda, who goes by Linda, is a community liaison for Careforth. She speaks with caregivers who are calling to learn about Careforth’s caregiver support programs and helps them enroll. What callers quickly learn is that not only will Linda walk them through the process, she knows exactly what…

Erika enjoys seeing her mother around the holidays. There are so many memories to share, like the fresh Christmas trees Erika’s mother always insisted on buying (although Erika remembers with a special fondness the artificial white tree with kaleidoscope lights that came home one year). And the baking, which her mother still loves…

Caring for an elder or a loved one with disabilities is a position many caregivers simply “find themselves” in. Often they have not made a formal decision to become a caregiver – in fact, some family caregivers may not even realize that they’re filling that role. No matter how you find yourself in…