Advice for Caregivers

Thanks to Caring.com for sharing this advice for caregivers from Duke University social worker Lisa Gwyther:

* Focus on what's left, not what's lost.
* Good things and joy can happen to those who have Alzheimer's.
* You, not your relative, will need to change.
* Don't distress; de-stress.
* Your life is now about adapting to a chronic condition; creating a "new normal."
* This is the rainy day for which you have saved.
* There are no perfect answers, no perfect families.
* Memorize this: "I did what seemed best at the time."