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Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on the topics covered during last week’s interview (107) with Nancy Poland. Rayna shares some additional learnings from Nancy’s second book, Remarkable Caregiving, where she interviewed six family caregivers and told their stories. In addition, Rayna provides supporting data that family caregivers are not alone.
- Caregivers can get their strength from and learn from the person for whom they are caring.
- When you are only focused on the things to do, you miss the relationship.
- If you do not have or do not know your “Why”, it is time to figure it out.
- Some statistics provided in 2020:
- Approximately 53 million Americans were providing unpaid care for relatives or friends.
- The average age of caregivers was 49.3 years old, showing that it is not only spouses caring for one another later in life.
- Over half, 61% of caregivers, are employed in addition to caregiving.
- The average age of those being cared for is 68.9 years old.
- A large percentage, 89% of the care recipients, are related to their caregivers by blood or marriage.
- Family caregivers offer an average of 23.7 hours per week and even more if the person they care for lives with them.
Let Rayna know what you need from her and in future podcasts. She wants to offer hope and would love to hear from you. Visit www.aseasonofcaring.com/podcast and click on the microphone to leave her a voicemail.
