Who is a Caregiver?
Generally, most of us have been a caregiver at some point of our lives because most of us have taken care of our elders who have or had illness. The of act caring for a loved one deems you as a caregiver. Intrinsically, a caregiver could be a son, nephew, son-in-law, grandson or someone else with a similar relation. However, as we all know that life can get very busy with everything happening so fast that caregiving is not always an easy task. Many times loved ones cannot provide care 24/7, to their elderly or disabled family members, due to their own commitments and busy schedules. However, with the proper training and support a caregiver can become empowered to provide a variety of tasks.
• If you cannot do shopping, laundry, cooking, or similar tasks for yourself, then the caregiver will do it for you.
• The caregiver can also assist you with your medication schedule.
• If you are suffering from any sort of disability and cannot dress yourself up or cannot take a bath, then you can expect it.
• A caregiver can help you with all your doctor appointments that you do not miss on getting the proper care.
Moreover, the caregivers should be respected no matter whether they are paid or not because it requires a lot of effort to take care of someone else, for example, if someone suffers from Alzheimer’s then it requires more work and attention than the care for people who have other typical disabilities, etc.
In some cases where the family of the care receiver does not live near him/her then in such cases the use of a caregiver is the most common because the loved ones of the care recipient guide the caregiver about the health conditions and other essential things to the caregiver so that their family member could receive the best care, and this sort of caring is also known as long-distance caring.
Caregiving is now common in many states such as Massachusetts but in some states caregiving becomes the responsibility of any willing family member, without any professional support.
Mass Care Link