CAREGIVER2

I AM A RETIRED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE. NOW A FULLTIME CAREGIVER.

MY HUSBAND OF 54 YEARS WAS DIAGNOISED WITH ALZHEIMERS 5 YEARS AGO.
MY DAUGHTER WAS DIAGNOISED WITH OVARIAN CANCER LAST SUMMER. MY DAUGHTER HAS A 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.

WE SOLD OUR RETIREMENT HOME OF 10 YEARS TO MOVE INTO MY DAUGHTERS HOME. FOR SIX MONTHS I CARED FOR MY DAUGHTER DURING CHEMO AND MY GRANDAUGHTER WITH MY HUSBAND.

A FEW MONTHS AGO MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED INTO A SENIOR CITIZENS COMPLEX. I AM STILL CARING FOR MY HUSBAND FULL TIME AND MY GRANDAUGHTER A COUPLE OF DAYS A WEEK.

I AM FEELING COMPLETELY ISOLATED BEING IN A NEW STATE AND CITY WITHOUT A SUPPORT GROUP OF FRIENDS. I AM ATTENDING A ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT GROUP A COUPLE OF TIMES A MONTH, BUT I AM HAVING A HARD TIME FEELING A PART OF THE GROUP MOST OF THEM HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER A LONG TIME.

I REALLY NEED SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT RELIGION, POLICTICS OR JUST HOW YOU ARE COPING WITH CAREGIVING.