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Happy Healthy Caregiver Podcast, Episode 160: Recovering From Burnout with Usha Tewari

Usha Tewari was born and raised in Orlando, Florida. She is a constituent advocate, and community engager with over 17 years of experience working for elected officials at the federal and local level. While working full-time, Usha was her mom’s caregiver primary caregiver until December 2021 when her mom passed away from end stage dementia. In this episode, we talk about how videos helped correct mom’s diagnosis, how Usha managed to work full time while caring for her mom, what relieved her caregiver and grief burnout, and what Usha is doing about impacting positive changes in Florida, her South-Asian culture, and beyond.

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‘Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.’ #CaregiverJar

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Favorite moments & quotes from the episode

‘My passion is to create awareness in the communities and let people know that it’s okay if your loved one is diagnosed and provide the appropriate resources necessary. And those who are caregivers, they don’t need to internalize…

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‘I just didn’t know where to begin because most of my life I gave up what I wanted to do, and my mom was the focus, and to suddenly have time on your side and wanting to try and do different things, I wasn’t in the right mind frame….

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‘Seek the resources. Don’t be shy to ask for help, whether you’re a caregiver or post-caregiving. It’s important to be surrounded by people.’ – Usha Tewari #familycaregiver #dementia #indiancaregiver

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