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By Sharon O'Brien, About.com Guide to Senior Living since 2004

For Caregivers: How to Maintain Hope

Friday August 22, 2008
One of the biggest challenges that caregivers face is keeping hope alive - for themselves and the people they care for - while facing the realities of a serious illness. In For Caregivers: How to Maintain Hope, a doctor offers advice to caregivers and their loved ones about expressing your hopes, acknowledging reality, respecting each other's vision for the future, letting go of old dreams, and creating new ones.
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August 28, 2008 at 5:02 pm
(1) Tara says:

I believe your article on maintaining hope was very helpful to me .Hope is something we could all use!

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