Are You a Caregiver?
All Home Care Matters
Enriched Life Home Care Services
5.0 • 88 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
If this is a thought you have recently been having, today’s episode can help you see that you are, in fact, a caregiver. Visiting every day, helping with chores, driving to appointments, and even just worrying about your loved one are all signs that you are a caregiver for your loved one. Listen now to learn more.
Sources:
https://betterhealthwhileaging.net/are-you-a-caregiver/
https://val-u-care.com/am-i-a-caregiver-how-to-know-if-you-are-a-caregiver/
https://www.apa.org/pi/about/publications/caregivers/faq/positive-aspects
http://www.shieldhealthcare.com/community/caregivers/2016/07/01/life-lessons-caregiver/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to All Home Care Matters, the show where we discuss all things home care, |
| 0:06.0 | with discussions on important age-related matters and topics. |
| 0:10.1 | Brought to you by Enriched Life Home Care Services, |
| 0:13.3 | the number one rated home care provider in Michigan by Top-rated Local. |
| 0:28.2 | Hello and welcome back to All Home Care Matters. |
| 0:31.9 | If this is your first time visiting us here at the show, we want to say thank you for taking time out to be with us today. |
| 0:33.7 | We appreciate how valuable everyone's time is, and that's why we try and make each episode here at all home care matters, something that will hopefully matter to you. |
| 0:41.4 | Today, we're going to ask the question, are you a caregiver? |
| 0:44.3 | We will be discussing what a caregiver is in detail. |
| 0:47.5 | Many families are acting as caregivers without even realizing it. |
| 0:51.1 | So we'll be talking about the ways people act as caregivers both officially and |
| 0:55.1 | unofficially. According to better health while aging, there are two questions you can ask |
| 0:59.3 | yourself to determine if you are currently a caregiver. The first question is, are you concerned |
| 1:03.8 | about the health and well-being of a special older person? And the second question is, |
| 1:08.3 | have you been helping an aging relative or friend with health and life task, even just a little bit, like by looking up health information online, for instance? |
| 1:16.6 | If you answered yes to both of these questions, surprise, you are a caregiver. |
| 1:20.6 | Sometimes though, people are thrown off when being called a caregiver because they assume a caregiver is a professional position. But that is not the case. |
| 1:29.5 | Better health while aging also makes a point that we do. After all, have other terms available for |
| 1:34.9 | doctors and nurses. These include clinician, health care provider, or health care professional. |
| 1:40.6 | Better health while aging has defined the following types of caregivers to help you have a better understanding of what a caregiver is and why they don't have to be professionals. |
| 1:49.0 | A caregiver is a person involved somehow in the caring for or otherwise assisting an older person with health and life task. |
| 1:57.0 | They are usually someone who has a long-standing personal relationship with the older person. |
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