31 Ways to Care for Caregivers
Monday October 24, 2022
Caregivers need your help and encouragement. Caring for a loved one is difficult and isolating. There are lots of simple ways that you can make a caregiver’s day.
We challenge you to think of a caregiver you know and do one thing each day this month to show them you care. Make a caregiver’s day! Let’s reduce caregiver isolation and stress one good day at a time.
- Smile
- Give a hug
- Say, “You’re a wonderful caregiver!”
- Listen, don’t interrupt
- Give them the benefit of the doubt
- Mail a card just because
- Call
- Send a funny or encouraging text
- Take a bouquet of flowers
- Drop off a small treat at the door with no “from” on it
- Go visit
- Invite them over for a meal or football game
- Invite them over just because
- Have a normal conversation
- Remember and recognize birthdays/anniversaries that their loved one might forget
- Have coffee, muffins, and conversation one morning
- Take them their favorite Sonic or Starbucks drink
- Shop for groceries or pick up groceries that have been ordered online
- Take them out to eat
- Make a meal or an extra casserole
- Stay with their loved one for an hour or so while they run errands, go to an appointment, attend worship, etc.
- Pay for or be an in-home caregiver for the day
- Help them remember and keep doctor/dentist appointments
- Roll the garbage can to the street and roll it back when it’s been emptied
- Offer to change light bulbs and air filters or take the car for an oil change
- Do housework or hire housekeeping help
- Mow the yard or hire a yard service
- Wash clothes
- Put gas in the car
- Take the car to have it washed and/or serviced
- Ask specifically what the caregiver needs, and do it
