{"id":6776,"date":"2013-03-25T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preferhome.com\/how-to-be-assertive-caregiver\/"},"modified":"2013-03-25T10:00:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T10:00:32","slug":"how-to-be-assertive-caregiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preferhome.com\/locations\/blog\/how-to-be-assertive-caregiver\/","title":{"rendered":"News Break: How to Be an Assertive Caregiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, we talked about signs you&#8217;ve taken on too much stress as a family caregiver. But what if it&#8217;s not the to-do list that&#8217;s causing that stress? What if it&#8217;s other people?<\/p>\n<p>Caregiving is challenging enough without having to deal with troublemakers. But those of us who aren&#8217;t naturally assertive are on a learning curve when it comes to handling those folks.<\/p>\n<p>Thank goodness the Lift Caregiving website has some tips for us. In <a title=\"read post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liftcaregiving.com\/blog\/single\/becoming-more-assertive-101\/\">&#8220;Becoming More Assertive 101,&#8221;<\/a> they share five steps to dealing with someone who stresses you out. You&#8217;ve probably heard step one before\u2014use &#8220;I&#8221; statements. If that doesn&#8217;t work, step two is to tell the person how their behavior has affected you, using specific examples. From the post:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Here is an example from a practicing caregiver: \u201cI told my sister that when she promises to come visit, I schedule appointments.\u00a0 When she doesn\u2019t show up, I have to cancel my appointments at the last minute, and Mom gets so down in the dumps that my time is spent soothing and comforting her.\u00a0 After that, she never missed another visit with Mom.\u201d\u00a0 (Maggie Joseph, Practicing Caregiver)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Steps three and four get increasingly assertive, and step five is disengaging. 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