Mary Elaine Petrucci is a Speech Pathologist, a past Caregiver for her parents, the Host of the Caregiver Cast Podcast, Creator and Founder of Caregiver Lifeline Community Support Group on Facebook, and Mary Elaine Petrucci just recently completed studies under the Auspices of the American Board of Hypnotherapy and NLP in mindset and performance training and Coaching with a designation recognized in 42 countries.
Mary Elaine Petrucci discusses how important self-care is for the caregiver, Three Keys of Caregiving are Organization, Planning, and Self-Care. In this interview, Mary Elaine gave great ideas and suggestions on each one. Mary Elaine also discussed how she became interested in hypnotherapy, mind-body techniques, and how they can help people be focused and calm. Betsy and Mary Elaine also discussed Caregiving Cast Podcast and how it helped Betsy find resources to navigate Medicare!
Mary Elaine provides many tips for the caregiver- Sharing one of the many tips in this interview
One tip is to be prepared, and have an emergency binder with medical information in it as well as POA and medical directive.|Tips on self-care for the caregiver
