Being a caregiver might have been something you thought you’d do for a long time. Sometimes life changes, though, and you might realize that caregiving is getting a lot more difficult for you.

Look at All the Factors You’re Facing

Being a caregiver might not be a permanent situation for you for a variety of reasons. You might develop health issues that take you out of caregiving. Or you might have escalating issues with your senior based on past relationship issues. There’s a lot that can go wrong. Take a closer look at all of the reasons you’re feeling as if you’re not going to be able to keep doing this. This step can help you to see what’s not working for you.

Assess the Situation as a Whole

Are you the primary caregiver with other family members helping occasionally? Or are you completely on your own? Also, it’s important to look carefully at the type of care your senior needs now and what she’s going to need in the future. If there is a lot of hands-on daily care that she needs but you’re not able to do that, you need a solution before you step away.

Get Some Help Lined Up

It’s vital to start lining up some extra help as quickly as possible. If you’ve got other family members who are able to help out now, get them on the roster now. That’s not the case for every caregiver, unfortunately. In that situation, hiring senior care providers gives you expert help that doesn’t need much time to get up to speed on what your senior requires. They also give you immediate room to breathe, which might be what you really needed from the start.

Pass the Torch if You Can

Once you have a little bit of space to assess the situation further, you might find that it really is time for your to hand over caregiving duties to someone else. You may have found a family member who can take over, even if they’re a long-distance caregiver. This is not something for you to feel bad about at all because big changes sometimes happen in everyone’s life.

The biggest thing to remember about this transition is that honesty will serve you well. When you’re honest especially with yourself, you can get both you and your senior what you need before the situation becomes one that you can’t manage at all.

If you or an aging loved-one are considering hiring Home Care in San Francisco, CA, contact the friendly staff at Home Care Professionals today.
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Andy Howardis a Bay Area Native who holds a BA in Political Science (University of Colorado at Boulder, ’97). After college Andy worked in the surging tech industry.His Grandmother however, would suffer a significant decline in health and ultimately needed in-home care. The experience of a loved one depending on outside help to age in place proved to be pivotal for Andy as he left the tech industry in 2002 for an opportunity in the home care world with a large provider. After having success in home care, but being frustrated by corporate constraints Andy founded HomeCare Professionals in 2005.He methodically built the company one client at a time by focusing on hiring quality caregivers to ensure positive outcomes. Currently Andy serves as the CEO of HomeCare Professionals and is also highly active in the non-profit organization California Association of Health Services at Home (CAHSAH) which advocates for a higher standard of in-home care for those who wish to remain living at home in California.

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