In this caregiver spotlight episode, meet former family caregiver Beth Phillips from Pittsburgh, PA. Beth learned to not be so hard on herself while caring for her Aunt Linda, who had dementia, for 3 1/2 years and her husband for 8 weeks after he had a catastrophic injury at work. Beth and her immediate and extended family took ‘family caregiving’ to a whole new level by sharing the care and finding reliable helpers in their community.
Listen to the show: Caregiver Spotlight: Beth Phillips
Words of Encouragement
Each episode starts off with a few words of inspiration or motivation that is pulled from the Happy Healthy Caregiver Jar.
Links & Resources Mentioned
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- Beth’s previous Caregiver Spotlight in June 2016 where she shared about ‘persevation’ and why she wanted to start caring for her aunt.
- Beth’s Happy Healthy Caregiver guest post: 3 Happiness Hacks Caregivers Can Start Today
- The books Beth shared:
- Beth’s blog: Being Home. (I especially like her post called ‘The Stress of 24/7 Accountability of Caregiving’)
- Beth’s Twitter: @BeingHomeBlog
Favorite Moments & Quotes from this Caregiver Spotlight
Why Beth connected with Happy Healthy Caregiver (totally unsolicited! Thank you, Beth):
The caregiver space is riddled with depressing & heavy content & I just found you way different than all of the other resources when I was caregiving. – Beth Phillips
One of Beth’s bucket list items is to recreate this Washington D.C. trip and photo of herself with her mom and four brothers:
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- Email me with questions or comments about the conversation with Beth.
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