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Take Care of Your Loved One and Yourself

Family caregivers try their best to assist their loved one. They want their loved one to have the best care possible and that usually leads to the family caregiver to put a lot of effort into taking care of their aging loved ones. As noble as it may seem, family caregivers often find themselves unprepared to provide adequate care as their loved ones age and their health declines. As this continues, it puts a strain on the family caregiver as well as their loved one. To help correct this, Visiting Angels Punta Gorda provides a list of ways a family caregiver can help themselves. One of the first things you can do is to find a support group. Support groups are great ways to find resources on providing care as well as to find people with similar situations. Support groups usually meet at hospitals, libraries, or at churches. Accepting help from others is one of the hardest we can do - especially when we are taking care of an aging loved one. When we take on too much, we ultimately hu