Up to 30 percent of caregivers die before the person they're caring for, largely due to the stress of the job.
Dave Nassaney, podcast host and author of It’s My Life Too!: Reclaim Your Caregiver Sanity by Learning When To Say “Yes” and When To Say “No”, addresses the three biggest mistakes caregivers make that can compromise their own health.
He discusses how his own life circumstances inspired him to create a platform to help caregivers connect and gather helpful resources.
Plus, he shares his best tips for maintaining a happy, healthy and fulfilling life while caring for others.
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She still cannot speak, but she can communicate non-verbally through Pictionary and Charades, two games Dave is not very good at but he tries. She still cannot walk, but they travel the world in her 4-wheel drive power wheelchair that has brought back her mobility again. She continues to be an over-achiever -- like a cross between Martha Stewart and Wonder Woman. Charlene makes us "normal" people look like whiners and complainers. They are an amazing couple with a very heart-warming human-interest story that is being told again and again.
Dave Nassaney
Dave Nassaney has appeared on 24 network morning television shows all across the country from Hawaii to Washington DC, on both local and nationally syndicated television and radio, after a couple of years his wife Charlene started to become her old self again and their love was rekindled.She still cannot speak, but she can communicate non-verbally through Pictionary and Charades, two games Dave is not very good at but he tries. She still cannot walk, but they travel the world in her 4-wheel drive power wheelchair that has brought back her mobility again. She continues to be an over-achiever -- like a cross between Martha Stewart and Wonder Woman. Charlene makes us "normal" people look like whiners and complainers. They are an amazing couple with a very heart-warming human-interest story that is being told again and again.
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