What They Really Need

What They Really Need Rayna Neises 18:42

Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on her interviews from the past few weeks with women who are Cancer Thrivers. Following these conversations, she began to think about and investigate what those in a season of needing care might want caregivers to know. Rayna shares the following ideas of support for those being cared for:

[1:14] Educate yourself
[4:27] Help preserve dignity and privacy
[6:21] Treat them as a valuable person
[7:12] Honor their choices
[9:31] Offer help in specific ways. Avoid saying, “Let me know if you need anything.”
[12:29] Just be with them and spend time with them
[15:19] Let them have a bad day

[18:05] Gratitude is a very powerful tool that can help impact you in ways that you do not even realize. Sign up to be a part of the Gratitude Challenge at www.aseasonofcaring.com/gratitude

Rayna Neises A Season of Caring

Rayna Neises understands the joys and challenges that come from a season of caring. She helped care for both of her parents during their separate battles with Alzheimer’s over a thirty-year span. She is able to look back on those days now with no regrets – and she wishes the same for everyone caring for aging parents.

Rayna is the author of No Regrets: Hope for Your Caregiving Season, an ICF certified coach, the host of “A Season of Caring” podcast, Positive Approach® to Care (PAC)Independent Certified Trainer and speaker who is passionate about offering encouragement, support, and resources for regret-free caring aimed at preventing family caregivers from aimlessly wandering through this important season of life.

Rayna lives on a farm in southeast Kansas with her husband, Ron, and small pack of adorable dogs. She is the baby of her family, but most would never guess that. She is a former teacher who enjoys crafts of all kinds and spending time with her grandkids most of all.