Diane BlumSpecial to the Valley NewsLast week, in Part 1, I discussed the importance of sleep, the first of five steps to achieving greater caregiver self-care. Here are the remaining four, again, supported by the research to improve one’s stress response, and in some cases, even help with menopause symptoms, should you be dealing with those.2. Schedule some much-needed respiteEvery caregiver needs some respite from time to time. These are planned, short-term breaks… but really, they are putting the caregiver themself on their own “to do” list. Respite is stepping away from the responsibilities and stress of everyday caregiving and making time for self-care. This is so important, yet I found that few of the caregivers I interviewed routinely took any respite at all,
