Nobody talks about it. Nobody thinks about it.
Until it happens.
Then it goes to hell in a hand basket. Nobody has a plan for it. Nobody prepares for it.
It could be anything, right? But it isn’t. It is much more important than anything.
It is happening as you read these words to approximately 40 million Americans. Nobody knows the number for the world, but it is huge.
It happens at one particular moment and it is at that moment one of two events takes place. Event one makes you a caregiver or event two makes you a care receiver.
Ronald Reagan proved position, power and wealth matter not an iota. Christopher Reeve became a “champion of the cause” after it happened to him. The average Joe and Mary Sixpack are too numerous to mention but as you can imagine they comprise the bulk of the caregiving/care receiving population.
You see, about one in six Americans is either a caregiver or a care receiver and very few of them are prepared for the responsibilities inherent in the task. Regardless of the level of preparation, life has changed and you are thrust into a new role.
New responsibilities, tasks, adjustments, questions, opinions, actions and reactions seem to flood you like a tsunami. But, unlike the clean up efforts in the aftermath of a tsunami when agencies, governments, and peoples from all over the world come to the rescue, there doesn’t seem to be a soul available to help you.
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