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there are some stories that we can count on to generate a lot of feedback from readers.
first-person pieces about resilience and recovery are sure to result in emails and tweets from readers sharing their own experiences, and those of people they know, as do expert studies on disease treatments and symptom information. of course, anything about covid, masks and vaccines can also be counted on to fill up our in-boxes.
but there is one topic that treads on the lines of multiple emotions and opinions — strong opinions — and that is the issue of caregiving. so many of us have had experience caring for someone, are caring for someone now or supporting someone who is, and well, judging from the many letters, tweets and comments on facebook we receive every day, caregivers need help.
so i was thrilled to have the opportunity to host a discussion between health advocate and family physician dr. dominik nowak, and caregiver advocates maggie keresteci and terrence ho about the value of caregiver engagement. it was the second part of a three-part healthing series called ‘health talk with dr. nowak — in june, we tackled the complicated and daunting issue of communicating with your doctor, and in august, we will be looking at how to take care of your mental health during times of crisis (register here).
in unpacking the complex role of caregiving, dr. nowak explores the importance of caregivers, saying that their involvement in care can be a matter of “life or death.” keresteci pushes back on the whole notion of what ‘self-care’ means for a caregiver, saying that caregiver support needs to be about “more than a yoga class or a cup of tea.” and ho, a caregiver since the age of 10, talks about how after almost three decades of caring for his younger brother, he has only just started feeling like he is getting the support he needs as a caregiver and the recognition he deserves from health-care providers.
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there’s clearly a lot of work to be done to recognize the value of caregivers and caregiving. but it’s discussions like this one that will help bring us closer to a health-care system in which including caregivers on care teams is an unspoken must-have and not an afterthought.
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