I think what makes me.a good caregiver is I TRULY CARE & LOVE the elderly. It's not just a job to me. I love to talk to them and hear their life stories. I think they are the forgotten of our generation that need true companionship and good CARE. I enjoy most just sitting with them if their able to talk and getting to know them and hearing their stories. They are so wise and too many time I've seen them get brushed off by others as if they are not important. I consider my personal.achievement was taking care of my mother. Her dementia was bad. Lots of very stressful and hard days. Some days even she would cuss me out and say she hated me. I would have to go outside and cry. But then once I had to get her up to go to the restroom she would hug my neck and say"I don't know what I would do without you." and that made it all worthwhile. I took care of her until she became bad enough that the family decided she needed to be somewhere with 24 he medical care.
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