Check out the caregiver page on EmpowHer https://www.empowher.com/caregiving-support
Don't go it alone:
*Seek out a caregivers group...preferably one headed by a professional.
*Ask him about couples counseling and seek out a counselor with chronic illness experience... Chaplains are a great resource in this area.
*How can his extended family help more?..Maybe come stay and help sometimes or take him home.. give you a vacation even...more than once...preferably a few times a year...Once a month if close enough. A can of worms here with potential conflict but also healing...the best thing that can happen to any of us.
*Also there are places that can take him for a week or two...preferably with rehab. Hire help for care or chores. Maybe his family can help pay or he could start a fund fund on line...to give him a part in his care.
Worthy concepts:
*Carve out a personal life and goal you can work on a few hours a week.
*Tell him loving what you need from him and your own life..that you are willing to find middle ground but you have to have your needs meet also...because you will burn out, get sick and or feel resentment if you don't...Game plan with him...so he is not just focusing on his sickness.
Here is class he and u can listen to:
http://www.cnvc.org/ProfileInformation/2011/11/23/marlena-willis
Check caregivers video on this Stanford...It's about more than just cancer.
https://stanfordhealthcare.org/en/programs-services/cancer-supportive-care-program.html
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Check out the caregiver page on EmpowHer https://www.empowher.com/caregiving-support
Don't go it alone:
*Seek out a caregivers group...preferably one headed by a professional.
*Ask him about couples counseling and seek out a counselor with chronic illness experience... Chaplains are a great resource in this area.
*How can his extended family help more?..Maybe come stay and help sometimes or take him home.. give you a vacation even...more than once...preferably a few times a year...Once a month if close enough. A can of worms here with potential conflict but also healing...the best thing that can happen to any of us.
*Also there are places that can take him for a week or two...preferably with rehab. Hire help for care or chores. Maybe his family can help pay or he could start a fund fund on line...to give him a part in his care.
Worthy concepts:
*Carve out a personal life and goal you can work on a few hours a week.
*Tell him loving what you need from him and your own life..that you are willing to find middle ground but you have to have your needs meet also...because you will burn out, get sick and or feel resentment if you don't...Game plan with him...so he is not just focusing on his sickness.
Here is class he and u can listen to:
http://www.cnvc.org/ProfileInformation/2011/11/23/marlena-willis
Check caregivers video on this Stanford...It's about more than just cancer.
February 4, 2015 - 10:17pmhttps://stanfordhealthcare.org/en/programs-services/cancer-supportive-care-program.html
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