Episode 5: Four Steps To Regain Hope While Providing Care to Your Aging Parents

The life you envisioned for yourself can become just a blurred hazy dream of long ago, when you enter into the role of caregiver to your aging parents or disabled loved ones. If you enter into this role without true support, it can leave you feeling cheated and resentful. Please know that the freedom you seek begins inside of you.

Your must learn to reach out to others for help, for strategies that you can use to restructure how you are providing care. Surround yourself with positive feedback, learn to move beyond always complaining. Then you must reconnect with your dreams and make positive changes. You can renew your hope, you can still take part in aspects of your dreams!

Caregiving will still be hard and have its challenges, but finding that place of refuge within, is the start. You can still find hope and maintain who you are while you are still providing care. Let Finding A Foothold be a part of your support team! Let the Finding A Foothold community be your community champions! We care about you and about how you give care.

Disclaimer: The podcast and blog are intended to provide basic information so that you can become a more informed caregiver. The information presented is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not meant to serve as medical advice or replace consultation with any health care providers you regularly engage with. Transmission or receipt of any of this information is not intended to, and does not, create a therapist-patient relationship. This information is not provided in the course of a therapist-patient relationship and is not intended to constitute medical advice or to substitute for obtaining medical advice from a physician or therapist licensed in the state where your family may reside. We encourage everyone to consult with your physician or therapist to see if they are appropriate and safe for you.