If you are reading this blog, chances are you are very grateful for a concerned caregiver, or you are a caregiver yourself. The role of caregiver can include counselor, listener, exercise partner, reader, feeder, dresser, bather, medication manager, driver, and many other titles. Many caregivers perform this admirable service as a voluntary labor of love. There is also a formidable army of health care workers that contribute immensely to PD care.
MyParkinsonsInfo.com is working with Healthology to bring you educational content about PD. The webcast,
Parkinson's Disease Through a Caregiver's Eyes , gives insight into the role of a caregiver wife. (You have the option to watch the webcast or read the script. If you have a dial-up connection, the webcast will take quite a while to load.) Guisla Schafstellar cares for her appreciative husband, Helmut. She personifies the many concerned caregivers so entrenched in the PD world. Certainly many readers will identify with her patient deameanor and helpful disposition.
You can access the full MyParkinsonsInfo Healthology library at
http://myparkinsonsinfo.healthology.com.
More importantaly, be sure and thank a caregiver at the next opportunity. Please let us know about the experiences you have as a caregiver. Certainly, there are overwhelming challenges. We hope that there are some satisfying experiences and memories as well. Email us about your experiences at
mnilsen@myparkinsonsinfo.com.
