It affects everyone they know. If you are the caregiver friend or family member of someone who lives with chronic illness or pain, we thank you for taking the time to drop by our site and learn more about the emotions that they must be coping with as well as how you can outreach to them more effectively. It s no secret that chronic illness affects the entire family. It comes into the home like an uninvited guest and it becomes a team effort to learn to adjust to the changes that transpire. Part of the purpose of Rest Ministries, Inc. is to serve the family, as well as the individual, who has the chronic condition.
Caregivers come in many forms.
For some of us a caregiver is a person that we pay to come into our home and help us out with certain tasks. For others of us, our caregiver is our well-spouse who helps us shower and dress each day. And many of us we may not even believe that we have a caregiver. We simply have a spouse that scrubs the shower or a neighbor that unscrews those tight lids. As someone who is healthy, you may never understand the daily issues that your loved one copes with.