Celebrating Caregivers (+Giveaway)

On a daily basis we at Oliver’s Funeral Home have the absolute honor and privilege of meeting with family members who have cared for their aging spouse, parents, or perhaps a terminally ill loved one. We are inspired by their stories of service, sacrifice, and testimony of love. Caregivers have many important roles in the life of those they care for.

1. Advocate: Those we are caring for often need assistance asking the right medical, financial and other questions. A family caregiver makes sure a loved one is not alone when facing tough decisions.

2. Nurse: Doctor appointments, daily meds, symptom monitoring, aches and pains, caregivers are there to help.

3. Consoler: When a loved one is frustrated, exhausted, and needs a moment to vent, a family caregiver listens and helps provide emotional support.

4. Companion: Caregivers help their loved one avoid loneliness, playing cards, reading or watching television.

5. Helper: Caregivers carry out the everyday tasks that still need to tended to; shopping, cleaning, pulling weeds, managing the household while assisting their loved ones with activities of daily living.

6. Chef: Whether a loved one can no longer make meals or the doctor has ordered a new diet, a caregiver is often the one who cooks for the entire family.

7. Merrymaker: When aging or illness brings a loved one down, a caregiver helps keep spirits high, offering hope, smiles, even though, sometimes, their own spirits are hurting too.

Do you know of a caregiver? Caregivers need to hear words of encouragement, affirmation, that what they’re doing matters and counts. Perhaps you could offer to cook a meal, or cover a shift with the loved one, allowing the caregiver a much-needed break, assist with some house chores, or pick up a coffee or tea for the caregiver and stop by for a visit.

At Oliver’s Funeral Home – we respectfully salute all our caregivers; (family, friends, nurses, doctors) – they truly are our community’s unsung heroes.

Nominate a Caregiver that you know, and they could win a $100 gift certificate to The Keg.

Visit https://www.oliversfuneralhome.com/nominate-a-caregiver/ to enter.

Winner will be announced on January 31, on Oliver’s Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/olivers.funeral.home

– Written by Oliver’s Funeral Home