Appreciating Caregivers

@Hope I thiank you for this post. The hardest thing for me is to do some act of kindness which may involve time and inconvenience and just have it not be receognized by the person that I am doing it for.

I am starting to set expectations that are more realistic such as doing it because it is the right thing or because I want to do it.

I think it is difficult to recognize caregiving because it is more than a kind act. It is a way of life that involves a commitment to help another or others. But just that we are talking about it is an act of recognition.

So thank you for caring about caregivers.

@Hope

If you are a caregiver or have worked with one. What do you think is the best way to acknowledge and apprciate the efforts of a caregiver?

sending a thankful card, saying thank you; gifts, offering help and support 

@Hope

Thank you for this thread. For me it would simply be enough to be recognised. I don't need any gifts, just that the person I'm caring for sees this and says something like "Thank you that you are here and for everything you're going." That would be enough.

But maybe us caregivers have to give this recognition to eachother because as the one answer said, most people who we care for can't see.

Have a lovely day.