Comments on: Supporting Caregivers

By: CathleenStone33

CathleenStone33 — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:00:42 +0000

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By: rita morgan

rita morgan — Sat, 23 May 2009 23:07:47 +0000

Thank you for the post. Educating people about the Well Spouse Association is helpful to many.

By: Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:16:31 +0000

Lee Woodruff ended a recent blog entitled “The Unexpected Caregiver” with this apt quote from a fellow airline passenger — a woman whose husband had ALS: “Don’t ever forget that you need to place the oxygen mask on yourself before you place it on the loved ones around you.”

As advice for the spousal caregiver this is so true. I’m the President of the Well Spouse Association, http://wellspouse.org, a non-profit group that offers peer emotional support to husbands, wives or partners of people with chronic illness and/or disability.

The blog originally appeared on Feb. 6, 2008 in “Not Just the Kitchen” here:(http://www.notjustthekitchen.com/family-relationships/the-unexpected-caregiver/). Lee talks about the feeling of her whole life being centered around the ups and downs of her husband’s prolonged recovery from the Iraq roadside bomb blast. She perfectly captures what happens to all spousal caregivers, for longer, or shorter periods, and to varying degrees of intensity as they become enmeshed in “saving” their spouses.

Her airline seatmate’s “oxygen mask” metaphor is a more colorful way of describing one of the WSA’s two mottos: When one is sick, two need help.

By: rita morgan

rita morgan — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:44:47 +0000

I applaud Helen for starting this program. Let’s spread the word and help the caregivers.

By: Helene Moore

Helene Moore — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:01:31 +0000

Thank you for including my story on Adopt A Caregiver. I appreciate the fact that you are helping me spread the word.
Caregivers need support, and we can give it to them.
Thank you.
keep love and kisses in your life. Helene