Caregiver Conversation with Emma Crooke

03/04/21 • 35 min

Emma is from Victoria Australia and the author of "The Blind Side of Caregivers". She became a full-time caregiver for a close friend who had terminal liver cancer. He passed away in August 2019. When he passed she became the primary caregiver to his mother who also had terminal liver cancer who passed in December 2020.

You can find more about Emma and her book at https://emmacrooke-author.godaddysites.com.

Listen to how she coped with caring for someone with terminal cancer.

You can find more about Emma and her book at https://emmacrooke-author.godaddysites.com.

Listen to how she coped with caring for someone with terminal cancer.

Previous Episode

Managing the Meds

Managing your loved one’s medication can be a royal pain in the butt! No matter if you do it all the time or only after surgeries it’s a big responsibility when you’re already overloaded with responsibilities.

I’ve done it all.

I’ve taped labels to the pill bottles to check off when they were given. I’ve listed everything out on a pad of paper to make sure I have a way to verify that I gave the right medicine at the right time. I’ve made it overly complicated and way too simple.

SO I think I have it all figured out for now. Listen to today’s episode to hear how I manage. I would love to hear your tips and tricks. Send them by simply leaving a message for me at the website www.caregiverconnectionpodcast.com

Next Episode

I refuse to do it!

Caregiving isn’t usually magical.

But, we do have the ability to decide not to do some things.

Think about one or two caregiving tasks that you really hate to do.

Maybe you don’t like cooking all the time. OR possibly your spouse is bed bound and it’s really hard for you to give them a bath.

Find the thing that makes you feel like crying when you know you have to do it soon.

It’s ok.

We all have that thing.

And it’s ok to not do it all. It doesn’t make you a bad person. It doesn’t mean that you are giving up or weak if you ask for help!!

Listen and learn how to figuring out what you won’t be doing again as a caregiver. Once you’re done leave me a comment telling me what you decided to let go of in the review.

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