Caregiver Quotes

By loving you more, you love the person you are caring for more.

Never give up hope. If you do, you'll be dead already.-- Dementia Patient Rose in The Inspired Caregiver

Peggi Speer and Tia Walker

One goal of the mindful caregiver is to find ways to not feel ‘dis-eased’ in the caregiving process.

Nancy L. Kriseman

Caregiving will never be one-size-fits-all.

Nancy L. Kriseman

My caregiver mantra is to remember: the only control you have is over the changes you choose to make.

Nancy L. Kriseman

She cleared her throat. “Bryan, I know you’ve interviewed a lot of caregivers—”“Too many,” Bryan shot back.She inched her chin up a notch. “I’m not your typical caregiver. I’m different.”Bryan laughed with no humor. “Yeah, I’ve heard that one before—okay, impress me, Delilah Walker. What exactly makes you different?

Josephine Harwood

Never give up hope! If you do, you be dead already.

Rose in The Inspired Caregiver

An informed parent or caregiver becomes empowered, and empowerment can lead to the best care for our children.

Charisse Montgomery

Offering care means being a companion, not a superior. It doesn’t matter whether the person we are caring for is experiencing cancer, the flu, dementia, or grief.If you are a doctor or surgeon, your expertise and knowledge comes from a superior position. But when our role is to be providers of care, we should be there as equals.

Even though people experiencing dementia become unable to recount what has just happened, they still go through the experience—even without recall. The psychological present lasts about three seconds. We experience the present even when we have dementia. The emotional pain caused by callous treatment or unkind talk occurs during that period. The moods and actions of people with dementia are expressions of what they have experienced, whether they can still use language and recall, or not.

Not a few millions of parents strongly hope that their own children will step in by instantly becoming their own parents’ foster parents, if and when the parents reach their second childhood.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana