Your loss is your gain. When the shadow is seen to be a shadow only, you stop following it. You turn round and discover the sun which
was there all the time - behind your back.
Bringing the Family Together Checklist
Guidelines for Bringing the Family Together:
- Ask your care recipient what he or she wants and needs
- Help in the best way you can—know your limits
- Accept the limits of others
- There is no right way to do this
- Support one another
- Be thankful others are helping
- Set up a communication book, blog, or email
- As long as safety is not at risk, let others provide the care their own way
- Keep your care recipient's best interest at heart
- Try to put aside differences
- Encourage family members of all ages to participate at their own level
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Other things family and friends can do to help:
- Read to the care recipient
- Play music for the care recipient
- Sing to the care recipient
- Play cards/games with the care recipient
- Take the care recipient on outings
- Document the care recipient's life story
- Send cards or letters to the care recipient
- Make a family picture board for the care recipient's room (especially good for long term care facility or hospital room)
- Offer a massage to the care recipient
- Provide a manicure or pedicure for the care recipient
- Find or make CDs or recordings of the care recipient's favorite music
- Go for walks with the care recipient
- Set up a website of interest for the care recipient
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