Caregiver Quotes

Caregiving leaves its mark on us. No matter what we do to prepare ourselves the hole left behind looms large.

There are only four kinds of people in this world: those who have been caregivers, those who currently are caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers.

No disease should be allowed to have as its victims both the patient and the caregiver.  But that is exactly what is happening every minute of every day [with Alzheimer's].

For some caregivers, this role offers a chance in Second Adulthood to compose a more tender sequel to the troubled drama of our First Adulthoood.  We can become better than our younger selves.

The secret of caregiving success took me years to discover.  Quite simply, we cannot do it alone.  No one can.  We must create a support circle—a circle of care.

The caregiver's journey . . . does not proceed from stage to stage in a neat fashion.  It is definitely not linear.  It feels like we are going around in circles, thinking we have resolved a crisis only to have it return or be superseded by a different, unexpected crisis.

Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn't know possible.