Caregiving Quotes
Caregiving Quote of the day
Affirmations are our mental vitamins, providing the supplementary positive thoughts we need to balance the barrage of negative events and thoughts we experience daily.
Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn't know possible.
Caregiving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached.
In the heart or every caregiver is a knowing that we are all connected. As I do for you, I do for me.
I'm sure there are people who can toggle quickly from all-in caregiving to structured socializing, but I can't think of any offhand.
Home was where others had to gather grace. Home was what I wanted to flee.
During the 24/7 grind of being a carer, it's all to easy to forget the fact that the person you're doing so much for is, and is obliged to be, more resourceful than you in many respects.
By loving you more, you love the person you are caring for more.
Never give up hope. If you do, you'll be dead already.--Dementia Patient, Rose from The Inspired Caregiver
There are only four kinds of people in the world.Those who have been caregivers.Those who are currently caregivers.Those who will be caregivers, and those who will need a caregiver.
In most families, care-giving becomes the woman's responsibility. While care-giving can enrich you, it can also deplete you if you don't have support or make time for self care.
There is a world of difference between the experienceof 'care' – the wiping of a bottom, the bathing of a body: basicbiological obligations – and the intimacy that makes us wantto live.
Many of us follow the commandment 'Love One Another.' When it relates to caregiving, we must love one another with boundaries. We must acknowledge that we are included in the 'Love One Another.
I love you but I got to love me more.
Never give up hope. If you do, you'll be dead already.-- Dementia Patient Rose in The Inspired Caregiver
As your care recipient’s advocate, be involved, don’t accept the status quo, and don’t be afraid to voice your concerns.
My caregiver mantra is to remember: the only control you have is over the changes you choose to make.
My caregiver mantra is to remember 'The only control you have is over the changes you choose to make.
Embracing a healing presence requires you to just be in the moment together.
Perspective is an incredibly powerful tool. It tempers how we receive information, and guides what we choose do with it.
You will never experience personal growth, if you fear taking chances. And, you will never become successful, if you operate without integrity.
One goal of the mindful caregiver is to find ways to not feel ‘dis-eased’ in the caregiving process.
