Caregiving with BJ Miller
Part of our ongoing series on caregiving, 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 and answers questions from attendees.
Show Notes:
0:00 Introduction
3:11 The importance of pacing yourself as a caregiver
6:59 Defining ADLs: Activities of Daily Living
8:28 The importance of bearing witness and cultivating the skill of not running away
10:38 How relationships change when you take on the role of caregiver
12:22 Recognizing when to ask for help as a caregiver
14:55 Considerations around the role that children play as caregivers
15:15 Working caregivers
18:00 What is "self care" for caregivers?
22:09 Are there ways to offer certain things to the person who is sick without asking “what do you want?” How to ask leading questions to get to know someone better
28:42 Can you try to improve a difficult relationship at the end of someone’s life?
34:17 Suggestions for helping someone who has just received a difficult diagnosis
40:20 What to do when the person who needs care is someone you don’t love or respect?
45:00 The good, the bad and the ugly: this is a singular moment in time that won’t happen again - someday you may miss this moment
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