The caregiver’s dilemma
I started this blog to share my experiences with other caregivers lost in the medical, financial, and legal chaos that ensues from a life-threatening diagnosis. Instead I find an unavoidable urge to vent about the misery that has consumed me.
Jonathan Rauch’s article in the Atlantic is like reading a better written summary of my own current circumstance. The similarities in the caregiving process, specifically the psychological hurdles and stresses, is akin to stages of grief. The caregiver’s dilemma is instinctual and human, and yet, seldom spoken about.
Image credit: Jon Krause / Article: Jonathan Rauch's "Letting Go of My Father" -- The Atlantic
How can millions of us feel so alone? For anyone seeking reassurance of their own actions, emotions and thoughts; for anyone needing guidance; for anyone that may potentially face the experience of having to care for someone at the end of their life, read Letting Go of My Father. It’s important.
Thank you, Jonathan.