Who wants cheerleaders? My cheerleaders didn't even show up for the game.
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I love this article ! I need more like it, thank you for writing and posting it.
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The first article I read was good but with the chief of the retirement home where my wife is staying now over 3 years she says every facility has some players on the team who are NOT on the team doing their respective jobs. Isn't it just like that on the team? You know the guys who kneel when the national anthem is played or maybe even worse eating something to show how macho they are. Well, care giving is 24/7 and many times no end in sight. I am retired from nursing and there were many fellow employees who just could hardly wait for the paycheck. They were present and accounted for on that day. PLEASE do the work you are being paid to do. Mopping, wiping up you know what, giving tender loving understanding encouragement, or like for me today - taking someone to the doctor who if not cared for correctly ASAP could loose his eyesight. The (Assistance in Living) D.O.N. is doing her best to help ALL those that are employed by the facility and the residents under her supervision. PLEASE give them all a break. They will respond well in almost all cases. I turn pens as a hobby and some of those (good) employees have received a pen and it is really appreciated as a gift - they give my wife the care she needs. I live nearby but they do the hard work and I am a "care partner" with them as if you will: coaching/encouraging them every day.
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"It requires you to say "I love you" when you are the most frustrated. It demands that you hold up in the face of adversity. It calls upon you when you think you have nothing left, but you find out you do. It requires that you be the ultimate leader."

Sorry, my halo got knocked off a long time ago. Anybody who can say "I love you" while elbow deep in pooh is a candidate for sainthood, and some times "when you think you have nothing left" it is the truth.
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I like the article but I completely totally love the response by @wuvsicecream.
Completely hit it on the nose. It gives me hope to remember I am not the only one who has or is going through this... Thanks.
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Caregiving is like trying to pass the ball with no one to receive it.
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It takes a team to care for the elderly. Just like they say it takes a village to raise a child. I enjoyed your article very much. Thank you
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This is an excellent article. I am a football fan and a potential caregiver. My love has Parkinson's. She is managing well now, but she has a life sentence. I am 10 years older than her. I am in reasonably good health. I know that the future holds challenges for me. My mother died with Parkinson's after 8 years in a nursing home. I was a busy lawyer and I regret that my sister was the primary caregiver. She was a saint. I want to be a good quarterback but I know I will be sacked now and then.
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Excellent article, the better the team, the easier the journey.
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Things different in care giving...VS.....Pro football ....the Pro players have a contract of getting paid much more than anyone can imagine. They are trained for the job and know what to expect by the time they become a pro. Care givers are thrown in to the game with no coach, no experience, no team effort, usually don't get paid if they do get paid it's a crisis to the rest of the so called team as they are sitting on the side lines expecting you to win without their help, and they are ones on the bench yelling at you complaining about making plays and not seeing that your doing it alone. Your expected to get on the field injured every minute of every day, without a relief player, all the relief player have an excuse. Your in control of the ball if you score your ignored but if you drop it that's the only time you get noticed. The rest of the team rests up waiting for payday.... when you win the Super Bowl. By that time your beat up, penny-less,and your "so called team mates "act" as if "your" efforts have been selfish and wonder why your depressed and injured and they complain about that too as if you've been on a long vacation and they provided everything you needed during your playing years. The one thing is you win no matter what, because it's not a game it's real life and you know your not in it for the money, your in it for another life . No amount of recognition or money can replace the feeling of doing the right thing in your heart!!!
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This is a helpful article. I believe that for people to work most effectively together, everyone needs to be as sensitive, gentle, and kind as they can be. If we cannot respect one another's right to say "no", then fighting will erupt. Just do the best you can.
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