Today's Featured Guest Writer is Neil Bernstein, Senior Editor at Caring.com
What I Wish I'd Known About Caregiving Priorities: Caring.com Expert/Geriatric Psychologist David Solie. The author of How to Say It to Seniors: Closing the Communication Gap With Our Elders Talks About Discovering that Parents Want Comfort and Companionship from Their Children, not Management.
With all his expertise in helping seniors navigate their final years, you might think David Solie would have sailed through his years of care giving for his mother without any regrets. In fact, Solie -- a geriatric psychologist, the author of How to Say It to Seniors: Closing the Communication Gap With Our Elders, and a member of Caring.com's advisory board -- admits that, at times, he went overboard trying to "manage" her care.
"I wish I had known that I didn't have to be so anxious about it -- that ultimately, worrying about all these horrific scenarios didn't change the outcome or make me a better caregiver," he says now. "We rev ourselves up so much to do the right thing in the caregiver role that it can really become too much. I wish I'd relaxed more and spent more time on what mattered the most."
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