I have been gathering answers to the following survey questions from volunteer facebook friends, and I would like to open it up to any readers of this blog. So far I am seeing several categories emerging and some relevant themes, and I will be writing on topics that bubble up, as I gather more data. Feel free to send your answers to my email (see contact tab). Blessings to all.
- What is your relationship to the person for whom you are/were caregiving? (parent, spouse, child, adult son or daughter, non-family member)
- How long have you been (or were) you a caregiver?
- How did the intensity of caregiving increase or decrease as time went by?
- What specific duties do you perform to help the other person?
- What is your greatest sources of stress, as it relates to your caregiver role?
- If you could ask for three forms of help from others, what would they be, and who would you want that help from?
- In your role as a caregiver, finish the sentence “I wish….”
- How would you describe (without breaking privacy) your relationship with the person you are caring for?
- In what ways does being a caregiver limit your life?
- What question did I forget to ask?
