Sunday, March 25, 2007

Post on post-caregiving

"The 're-entry' phase of caregiving – after the caregiving ends – calls loudly for a post-caregiving support system to help build or rebuild health, skills and confidence for a successful transition back into life – and into the work world," say the Canadians.

Have not so far found much on the Web--lots and lots about transitioning into caregiving, but not out. Maybe it is like someone who has become an expert at all aspects of caregiving and is often encouraged to write a book: "When this is over, do you really believe I'll want to go through it all again doing a book???"

Or Jewell's Journal, "another day of post-caregiving funk." But Jewell's got bootstraps she uses: "So here I was, indulging my angst about not having a back yard or a book project when it hit me: I do have the one thing I've most wanted for years.
Now I have time. And from that, all good things will come."

It's a place to start now that Hospice has come back into our lives. This time it looks like it is for real. Concentration will go to the Great Passage. Post-anything is a theory. But I suddenly see the real spring that sprung me into starting this blog. The Great Passage is upon us. There is light there.

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