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|  | | Along Comes Grandpa, Caregiving Resources for People in the Real World
“After working in the Geriatric Field for over 15 years I thought I knew just about everything to help caregivers and seniors find resources to help them. Then, Along Came Grandpa. Caring for him gave me such a new perspective. Although I had years of professional experience, until I walked in the shoes of a caregiver, I didn’t really know how to help others. This book not only shares my story, the good, bad and ugly, it also gives helpful tips after each chapter to assist caregivers along their journey caring for an older adult.”
I have found that there are several reasons for my journey as caregiver. First and foremost, I think that my educational and career journeys were specifi cally designed to lead me to care for Grandpa. Although I wasn’t even close to being perfect, I was lucky enough to have access to the right people and resources to help me. I think that I needed to learn what it means to care for someone who is elderly—talking about it and doing it are two very different things. I had to experience what it means to see someone you love struggle with an aging body, and how to get them the care | |  | | If I Walked In Her Shoes
If I Walked In Her Shoes shares a firsthand look at these dynamics by inviting you to view one day from two very different perspectives: Rose, the elderly mother in need of care and Sara, the dutiful caregiving daughter. Rose and Sara exemplify the issues faced by families trying to care for an aging loved one.
Ephesians 6:2-3 (NIV) exhorts us: “’Honor your father and mother’”. However, what happens when the commitment to honoring our parent’s leads us to feel guilty or make poor decisions based on self-reproach or lack of information and resources? Having acknowledged that, there is something—someone—else we need to consider. It is the other perspective: that of the aging loved one who begins to need more care. What is it like to suddenly become dependent on others?br />
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If I Walked In Her Shoes shares a firsthand look at these dynamics by invit |
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