Caregiving with BJ Miller
BJ Miller, Mettle Health founder, palliative care and hospice physician and author, leads a conversation on caregiving and what it entails to be a caregiver. This is part of an ongoing series of discussions for caregivers.
Show Notes:
0:00 Introduction
2:31 Intro to the topic: What it means to be a caregiver
5:04 Defining Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
6:40 What is means to bear witness, the importance of being seen
8:30 Becoming an advocate or proxy, speaking on behalf of someone else
10:27 Caregivers need to be care receivers too, importance of self care
13:46 How to tell/show a caregiver to ask for additional help when they are resistant?
23:44 How to be present emotionally as a caregiver?
28:08 Navigating the “duty” and “obligation" of caregiving
32:05 What is the education of doctors when it comes to dealing with caregivers?
39:44 How do you walk the line of support, enabling and removing agency?
46:38 Unexpected caregiving situations
49:00 Difficult bodily tasks of caregiving
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