Affirmations for Family Caregivers: Words of Comfort, Energy, and Hope

By Harriet Hodgson

Caregiving can be difficult, even on its best days, and staying upbeat is one of the most loving things that a caregiver can do for the care receiver—the person they provide care for and love so much.

Reading affirmations is a quick and easy form of self-care that can help caregivers stay balanced and optimistic, which lends itself to a calm, healing environment.

This book of affirmations has been created specifically for caregivers and is grouped into chapters with titles that caregivers understand: caregiving tasks, safeguarding health, appreciating the day. . . which makes it easy to flip right to the section that offers the support that is needed at that moment.At the end of the book, author Harriet Hodgson provides guidance on how to write affirmations for those who want to go just a step farther.

This is Book 2 in the Family Caregiver series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WriteLife Publishing
• Release date: Oct 7, 2015
• ISBN: 9781608081479

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I never dreamed I would be my mother’s family caregiver, but that’s what happened.

The funny, kind, witty mother of my childhood started to have mini-strokes. She had her first mini-stroke the day of my father’s funeral. My aunt, who had been staying with my mother, attributed my mother’s confusion to sleeping hard. As the months passed, my mother’s intelligence started to slip, probably the result of more strokes. Her judgment slipped, too. Without telling anyone, she contacted a mover, left her house, and boarded a plane to Florida so she could be near her older sister. Family members were shocked to learn she was gone.

Moving proved to be one of the worst decisions of my mother’s life. I called her regularly and became aware of her dwindling intelligence. One day my mother called me to tell me she had been found wandering around a department store, looking for her car. The sales associate told my mother, Cars are parked outside the store, not inside. Mom told the story in a controlled manner and reacted calmly when I told her she needed to move to Rochester, Minnesota, to be close to family