Quick Tips: The Value of the Bond between Caregivers and Seniors
All Home Care Matters
Enriched Life Home Care Services
5.0 • 88 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
A caregiver is someone that provides care for your elderly loved one, but they can be so much more. Having a bond with their loved one can make the caregiving experience easier on your loved one, and on you. Being able to trust someone to provide care for your loved one can be a relief and allow you to enjoy spending time with your loved one more, and stress about everything involved with caring for them less.
A bond can help a caregiver and their patient in so many ways. Listen to today’s episode to learn more!
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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. |
| 0:28.0 | Hello and welcome back to All Home Care Matters. |
| 0:32.9 | 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. |
| 0:37.6 | 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. We want to welcome you back |
| 0:42.2 | and thank you for joining us for another quick tips episode of All Home Care Matters. Today, we are |
| 0:46.8 | talking about the bond between a caregiver and a senior. We will discuss how a caregiver bonds with a patient |
| 0:52.6 | and their family and why that bond is so important. |
| 0:55.9 | And we will also talk a little bit about the best ways you as a caregiver can bond with your aging loved one. |
| 1:01.3 | So now let's move on to the rest of the show. |
| 1:03.9 | A caregiver has a unique opportunity to bond with someone while providing care, |
| 1:08.3 | especially if they are a professional caregiver with no prior connection. |
| 1:11.6 | San Francisco-based psychologist Tamara McClintock Greenberg, author of when someone you love has a chronic illness, |
| 1:17.6 | says that non-family caregivers can be viewed by elders as a second chance to mentor a younger caregiver and be a good parent. |
| 1:25.6 | Such interactions can be healing for elders who may feel that they |
| 1:29.1 | don't have the kinds of relationships they would like with their own adult children. The bond created |
| 1:35.1 | during caregiving not only allows your loved one to feel like they have a second chance at parenting or |
| 1:39.4 | mentoring, but it allows them to feel wanted in their life, which many seniors who are isolated no longer feel. |
| 1:46.9 | Having someone look out for you and care about your well-being can be the basis for an amazing bond for your loved one. |
| 1:52.6 | According to home care assistance, a bond with a loved one can go a long way toward boosting your loved one's health and happiness. |
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