Be it as informal as helping a friend out through a time of grief or illness or as formal as being a paid care giver, when the art is perfected it enhances and empowers both parties and robs none.
Helpful care – not all “care” is care or helpful – requires planning, skill, ful beginnings, and open discussions about how to know when the season of informal or formal care can end.
Caring too much, over functioning, being constantly aware and anxious, when caring depletes the care-giver, may indicate selfishness as to “who is doing for whom and why.” Can it ulti mately ask, “Who is this really for?”
It gets murky when the carer takes on responsibilities that are not his or her own or when the recipient of car...
Helpful care – not all “care” is care or helpful – requires planning, skill, ful beginnings, and open discussions about how to know when the season of informal or formal care can end.
Caring too much, over functioning, being constantly aware and anxious, when caring depletes the care-giver, may indicate selfishness as to “who is doing for whom and why.” Can it ulti mately ask, “Who is this really for?”
It gets murky when the carer takes on responsibilities that are not his or her own or when the recipient of car...
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The Mercury (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 28, 2025