Caregiving Basic: Listen
Good, empathetic listening is a caregiving guideline that is often taken for granted or overlooked, but it is often the most powerful way you can help a person who is suffering.
Caregiving Basic: Listen
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Two Pictures of Caregiving
Two Pictures of Caregiving
In his book, The Last Thing We Talk About, Joseph Bayly shares his honest feelings about the death of one of his...
Call Her. Call Him.
Call Her. Call Him.
Pick up that 200 pound phone and call her!
Recently, I was causally reading Anne Lamott’s new book, Help Thanks Wow—and the following words jumped off the page, confronting me. Here are those words:
“God must love to hear us calling our meth-head cousin just to check in because no one else in the family speaks to him.”
So, Ann says,” I picked up the two-hundred pound phone, dialed his number, and said, “How are you?”
How can we care for a person with cancer?
How can we care for a person with cancer?
How can we care for a person with cancer? Ask Important Questions! Ask, “How are you, today?” and also ask, “What’s going to be the hard part for you?” Be sincere and show them that what they are going through is important to you. Tell them you’re coming over …. Then visit them. Be creative with special treats and conversations that will brighten their days. Even if they say they don’t need anything, that’s when they will most appreciate that you are there.
