Say a prayer during each service, not only for those who are sick, but also for their family caregivers.
Family caregivers tends to be invisible and their contributions minimized or ignored.
But illness and disability are a family affair and by offering prayers for caregivers and care receivers during the weekly service you will be both raising the self esteem of caregivers and honoring the bonds of family devotion that are part of every faith tradition. Consider disseminating a prayer chain to those who pray independently at home. Family Caregivers Persons who provide care for a loved one who is chronically ill, disabled, or frail are called family caregivers. The numbers of caregivers in America is growing as our population ages and as medical science continues to find ways to preserve and extend life, but support and education for family caregivers is lagging far behind. The faith community has an extraordinary opportunity to reach out and help family caregivers.