💥Are Family Caregivers the New "Silent Generation"?🤫TIME for ACTION, Less Rhetoric! HOW?🤔
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📢📢This is my "SOAPBOX" rally cry!!💥
Have we GEN X, Millennials, GenZ and even (in years to come), Gen Alpha, Family Caregivers become the new "SILENT GENERATION"?
❓WHY this question?
Despite the wonderful efforts, progress in Geriatric AND Holistic Care, a few policies here and there- DIY books on how to be a Family Caregiver, work, deal with Family matters, personal matters AND maintain good MENTAL HEALTH...,
Many Caregivers STILL feel unheard, unseen and have, like our grandparents and parents, have done as THEY did- become silent, hunker down and stick to the status quo; "say nothing; agitate for nothing" , and you will be SAFE".🤫
💥TIME TO TAKE ACTION!💪🏽🫱🏽🫲🏼🫱🏽🫲🏾
"It takes a VILLAGE to take care adequately for Older Persons with mental or physical decline, and we MUST use what we have IN HAND, gather n your local Community centre , or families (2 or 3) in a small "get together safe space to air concerns, but also pool our resources to assist and MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN!💪🏽🪧
Family Caregiving is NOT for the faint hearted and despite our best intentions, the daily grind, the fatigue, the unexpected (almost everyday!), the loneliness, can lead to a cascade of emotions that can be difficult to understand, much less process, and leave you feeling as if "there is no way out".
The "superhero🦸🏽 cape" needs to come off and it's time for us ALL to START something.
❓💥DO YOU AGREE/DISAGREE?
❓What would you suggest?
💯BETTER TOGETHER- for our own MENTAL , physical , social AND emotional health!!🫱🏽🫲🏼💞
From my heart to yours💗
Dr. Lana
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If you're a Family Caregiver and/or Fellow Physician at your wit's end, needing a different perspective, set up your free 15-minute ZOOM coaching call-also by email -lana@lanaannemd.com.
I always look forward to meeting Fellow Family Caregivers and Medical Colleagues- we gotta stick together!💯
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His mission is simple and powerful: build relationships rooted in trust so people can succeed. And if you know Andrew, you know he lives this — from his daily practices of prayer, music, and learning, to the discipline he carries from being a Jr. Olympian gold medalist in Tae Kwon Do.
Andrew’s passion, clarity, and heart-centered leadership make him a valued part of the Dark Horse community.
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