Are You A Caregiver Or A Caretaker? (22)
YRU12Yellville, Arkansas USA4 Threads 26 PostsI think they are similiar. Just wondered how others might view it.
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Both, I give my care out to all kinds of ppl, but i care take when im drunk...
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Oh ok. I really didn't know what kind of response I would get. Neat answer.
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A bit of both... but, being a caregiver is actually my job.
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Dictionary version:
caregiver: one who takes care of a child...invalid..etc
caretaker: one who is hired to take care of something or someone....OR one acting as temporary replacement
YRU12 is this how you meant this as a HEALTHCARE situation OR are you referring to a "personality trait" giver or taker
I'm a giver...in a relationship OR for anyone that needs care..... how about you
caregiver: one who takes care of a child...invalid..etc
caretaker: one who is hired to take care of something or someone....OR one acting as temporary replacement
YRU12 is this how you meant this as a HEALTHCARE situation OR are you referring to a "personality trait" giver or taker
I'm a giver...in a relationship OR for anyone that needs care..... how about you
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My job is a caregiver but since I rent from my mom I am a caretaker, too or otherwise she really lets me know when the grass outside is getting too high.
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I have a caregiver position as a CNA for the nursing home but the semantics just made me think. I mean in a relationship or the way one relates can seem similiar but also different. I have had to become more professional in my job.
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Its all about give and take. I give my heart and she takes it...
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What made me think of the question is an aide last night told me that I have too many wives and so I have had to become more distant. I guess emotional detachment one might say.
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When your taking care of peoples needs you can't help but get close emotionally...you wouldn't be human if you didn't, but you have to know when to draw the line. Your aide was right... you've got to do a GOOD job but realize what limit you can go to without getting hurt....
Sounds like your a very caring giving person...
Sounds like your a very caring giving person...
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I really like your answer. After working a year at the nursing home it really has changed a lot of the ways I view things. From being around other aides I have packratted a lot of good insights and am learning so much about human behavior.
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Yes, I am a caregiver. I have an eighteen year old severely handicapped son who lives with me. He has been handicapped since birth
My other two children are grown and live on their own.
My son doesn't have any other caretakers who are hired.
We do just fine
My other two children are grown and live on their own.
My son doesn't have any other caretakers who are hired.
We do just fine
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We have one heck of a support group going on at my job. I help other aides and other aides help me. The nurses help me and I help the nurses. One aide told me that I should think about getting a social life and I just laugh because where I work is the best social life I have ever encountered.
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a care giver 
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hmmmm not very balanced...
things will change as more is revealed
many good qualities are a bit inflated and may block us
from really walking in the sunlight
sometimes in the past i have gotten my identity and ok'ness from
what i do instead of feeling that i am okay and loved regardless
for some of us thats an important step
what if the job goes away? then what?
thats all im saying-speaking for myself anyway
i have had a time or two where i lost a job and really caved in
but didnt understand why until some guided soul searching...
but CS isnt my spiritual advisor
nor am i CS's
things will change as more is revealed
many good qualities are a bit inflated and may block us
from really walking in the sunlight
sometimes in the past i have gotten my identity and ok'ness from
what i do instead of feeling that i am okay and loved regardless
for some of us thats an important step
what if the job goes away? then what?
thats all im saying-speaking for myself anyway
i have had a time or two where i lost a job and really caved in
but didnt understand why until some guided soul searching...
but CS isnt my spiritual advisor
nor am i CS's
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Change is inevitable and doesn't change. Change remains constant while everything else changes. Yes true; But one can fake it till one makes it though. The same good qualities can be applied to different types of situations. One has to love one's self if one is going to love another. If the job goes away then everything that I have learned from the job is mine to keep. Soul searching can be very rewarding. Advice can be worth what one's pays for it or it can be a gift free of obligation.
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