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Caregiver Position Description

Position Summary: The Caregiver cares for the patient’s medical, physical, emotional, spiritual, mental, social-emotional, financial, organizational, and dietary needs. Reporting to: This position reports to the patient, medical staff, the patient’s mother, other family members, friends, acquaintances, and everyone on Facebook. ESSENTIAL DUTIES: 1. Be or become an expert on the patient’s illness.

Drowning

I feel like I’m drowning. Not like you would imagine, a lone swimmer bobbing along in the middle of the ocean, with no one for miles. No, I feel as if I’m drowning in a well-populated area.

The Sung Heroes

Let me be 100% clear about something right from the start. You know by now that I’m all about how hard it is to be a caregiver and how we’re the unsung heroes. AND YET, I need to make sure that you know that I know that there’s a reason the patients are the Sung Heroes, which yes, is a

Take Care of Yourself

“Don’t forget to take care of yourself," they say, looking pityingly into my dark circle-ringed eyes. I see their Concern, Sincerity, Worry. But I wonder, Do they think it was a reminder I needed?

And Yet

Years ago, I was convinced by my dear friend Samantha to sign up for an improv class she was teaching. At the scene work and character study I was awkward and inept, coming into my own only once as I played a drunk Southern belle. Nevertheless, from that eight-week course I took a phrase that has informed my work and

Hospital Scars: His & Hers

Discharged after 18 days, (13 longer than projected,) most of which were NOT due to the Seriousness

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