Learning to take better care.

Many Alzheimer care-givers are killing themselves. Oh, it won’t be called suicide. But they’ll die. From overwhelming stress.  Exhaustion. Physical. Mental. Emotional. That especially goes for the 24/7 care-givers. The ones that hardly ever get a moment of respite. I personally know some of ‘em. And it’s sad to watch them deteriorate. Really, it’s a form of suicide.  They have options. Such as putting loved ones into assisted living. But they don’t. For a variety of reasons. But mostly out of a sense of obligation/responsibility. They don’t stop to think that others will have to take over. After they are gone. It’d be far better if they stuck around. By learning to take better care of themselves. –Jim Broede