Buiding Bridges

As caregivers we might consider seeing ourselves as building bridges of support for our care receiver and ourselves.  Yesterday I talked with a friend who is in the process of making decisions about her father.  She was considering leaving her profession to care for him because he did not want to go into assisted care.  Almost no one wants to go into assisted care.  I encouraged her to see where her greatest good and contribution could be:  as caregiver for her dad or as surgical nurse.  No decision is wrong, and it is important we each make our own decision about type of care.