How To Be A Better Caregiver When A Loved One Gets Sick

Life Kit

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🗓️ 12 July 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

null of us is prepared to be caregivers — the role is thrust upon us. More than 40 million Americans are caring for an elderly parent or loved one. Here are six tips to make the caregiving burden more sustainable.

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0:00.0	This is NPR's life kit. I'm John Schuman.
0:02.5	Hi Georgie.
0:03.7	Hi.
0:04.5	Okay, we'll close it.
0:05.5	Yeah, close it.
0:06.5	I think he wants to hear one. He let me lock it.
0:08.2	Are you back to lock it?
0:09.2	No, I'll lock it.
0:10.2	I, it's hard to lock, leaving alone.
0:12.7	Okay.
0:13.2	Every month or so, I travel to Cleveland, Ohio to see my dad.
0:16.2	His name is Michael and he's 81 years old.
0:18.7	How's the food here?
0:19.7	The food's excellent.
0:21.2	It's strangely enough.
0:23.0	It's very good.
0:24.9	Recently, we moved my dad to an assisted living facility.
0:27.7	He has a ground floor apartment.
0:29.2	There's a wide bathroom which has all these support bars.
0:31.9	And he's got call buttons if he needs help.
0:33.9	I know it's about the place, the hallway from the lobby to your apartment is really long.
0:37.9	Very long.
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