Caregiver Need support too
Caregivers today are stressed, burnout and feeling alone caregiving
Learn how to reduce your stress, build connections and build your resiliency so you can have confidence in caregiving.
Caregiver Need Support Too
Who Is A Caregiver?
Many people may not ireally know they are a caregiver and think it's just what is expected of them. It is really important to really learn what a caregiver is so everyone who needs support can receive it.
A caregiver is someone who provides support to a friend or family member with an illness such as someone caring for somone who has dementia a cancer patient, someone with PTSD or other mental health, Caregiving for someone with a disability such as a brain injury, physical or learning disability. Caregivers also people who are driving family memebers and friends to appointment, work or get do errands. There are caregivers who provide financialsupport, and who support loved ones in the LGBQ2+ community.
There is also the perception the person proving the support is not a caregiver but just a spouse, daughter/ son, parent or friend.. wether someone identifies as a caregiver or not will not but it doesn't mean that they don't need support. It is just the opposite.
Now that you know who a caregiver is you need to know you need support too
Why It Is Important For Caregivers To Have Support
The firghting stastic is that 30 % of caregivers will pass away before their care-recipient. Caregivers are extremely stressed in todays workd especially when home care supports are being reduced and the amount of care is increasing.
Caregivers tend to avoid their own care and end up having some kind a medial issue arise. With that being said may caregivers feel guilty when they try and take time for themselves because they feel guilty. Not realizing the importance of taking time to step away to reenergize so they have the ability to take care of their care-recipient.
Often caregivers becme withdrawn and isolate which causes thise own mental health issues. They often end up feeling fatiqued, having sleep issues and lose their sense of purpose. It is important to understand that being a caregiver is much more than just being that support for someone esle but it needs to be taken as a serious responibility. I truly believe that everyone who is a caregiver is going through a traumatic experience and import to build a toolbox full of coping stratigies, supports and resources before things become to much and you end up in your own medical crisis.
Mission
Lisa helps by supporting those who are caregiving for a family member with an illness, disability, aging, mental health,
Lisa’s has first-hand experience of being a caregiver and understands how difficult it is to ask for support before you start to be overwhelmed with stress, your own mental health concerns and not feeling heard.
Lisa didn't identify as a caregiver until 2018 she like most thought she was doing her duties as a sibling, parent and spouse. Once she looked inward, she realized she had been a caregiver most of her life.
Lisa as a child had foster siblings and as a teenager her grandmother came to live with her family. At that time, she wasn't aware, but her grandmother had dementia. When she was a young mother her eldest son was diagnosed with ADHD and soon after a number of learning disabilities. In 2006 her husband was deployed to Afghanistan and was injured to return back to Canada and later diagnosed with PTSD. After having her youngest son, she herself started having some medical issues arise. She suffers from fibromyalgia and has had bouts of mental health but with peer support and coaching she was able to find the support she needed and decided to get an education in ways she could also help others who were also caregivers.
Lisa is an Amazon Best-Selling Author, speaker and coach who is passionate to contribute her talents and can help you navigate your way forward as a caregiver. She is an engaging communicator with a proven track record in developing plan that is easy to implement and uses many coaching techniques. She is focused on building strong professional relationships with her caregivers and which has significant to the success to her caregivers.
Lisa provides a comfortable, empathic place to share your concerns. She helps by providing resources, one on one, facilitated peer support and educational workshops.
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