![]() What I can do is be right where I am helping, loving, impacting. I can’t do anything about what’s already happened, and I can’t control a future I cannot see. One strategy that I have found helpful is keeping myself in the present moment. Yet, managing uncertainty is key to navigating our roles as caregivers. Learning how to hold uncertainty, manage it, put words around it, is challenging in a culture that doesn’t do a great job talking about illness and death. When you’re a caregiver, there is this ongoing dance with uncertainty that isn’t given the attention it deserves. We had already lost our dad years before, and the overwhelming uncertainty of whether our mom would survive the surgery and weeks-long recovery put us all into a bit of “orphan panic.” It was a difficult experience for her, of course, and also for my sisters and me as her caregivers. The emergency surgery she required the following day involved threading a platinum wire from her leg all the way through her body to her brain. Managers need to be sensitive to that and offer support before judging their performance.Ĭarolyn Romano- VP of Torchlight Product-Caregiver to her momĪ few years ago, my mom Dorothy suffered a sudden brain aneurysm. ![]() So if someone on a team is going through a really emotional caregiving journey, they might not be performing their best. And if family is taking up a lot of their energy that means they have less to spend at work. There’s only so much energy a working caregiver has each day. Emotional labor is one more form of labor, and caregivers are often in very emotional circumstances. Whether you are at work or caring for a family member or doing the dishes, there are many definitions of work and labor and they all take from our total energy source. The biggest thing I’m learning is emotional labor is still labor. Most importantly, we help employees get the support they need to be their best selves at home and at work.Īimee Gindin- SVP, Marketing-Caregiver to her son We encourage happier workforces and healthier lives. Because when we share our personal caregiving journeys, we create a safe space for others to do the same. That’s why we spoke to our family caregivers about their challenges, triumphs, and insights. Stress builds, and these caregivers struggle to perform their best at work or at home. Too often, their challenges remain invisible. Some don’t even realize they’re caregivers. ![]() Their situations vary, as do their responsibilities. ![]() Every organization is full of family caregivers. ![]()
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