Caregiving Idea #10: Giving Time If you are entering this series late, welcome! Click here for background information. The last post was about filling time for people who might be lonely, or have long days. But there are other friends that are frantically in need of more time. …

Caregiving Idea #9: Filling Time If you are entering this series late, welcome! Click here for background information. I forgot to post yesterday! Oops! Sending two out today. Sometimes what friends and family need most is filling the long days. This could be for people who are retired, home with…

Caregiving Idea #8: Listen, Solve or Carry? If you are entering this series late, welcome! Click here for background information. This idea is a combination of a few conversations. Last summer, I interviewed Chris Lewis from Fathering Together. In that conversation, Chris said that as a father of teenagers, he…

Caregiving Idea #7: Cognitive Labor If you are entering this series late, welcome! Click here for background information. A few days ago, I talked about the cognitive labor that is behind dietary research. (Idea #4, you can find the link here.) But there are many other ways you can help…

Caregiving Idea #6: Hand Written Notes If you are entering this series late, welcome! Click here for background information. I don’t have many friends my age who bother to send hand-written notes anymore. Does Gen-Z write notes? (Feel free to write me if you know the answer.) People mostly depend…

Caregiving Idea #5: The Lawn Bomb If you are entering this series late, welcome! Click here for background information. Lawns and gardens take up a ton of work. If you are the kind of person who finds joy in gardening, it is a labor of love. But during hard times…

Caregiving Idea #4: Dietary Support If you are entering this series late, welcome! Click here for background information. While we’re on the topic of food, I think one can genuinely care for a friend by helping them with dietary support. I talk a lot about cognitive labor in Equal Partners…

Caregiving Idea #3: Meals If you are entering this series late, welcome! Click here for background information. Caregiving Idea #3: Meals How often do you hear someone offer, “let me know if you need anything!” When times are tough, I hear it a lot. And I am sure I’ve spoken…

Caregiving Idea #2: Intentional Empathy If you are entering this series late, welcome! Click here for background information. Caregiving Idea #2: Intentional Empathy This seems like such a standard idea, I thought about omitting it. But empathy is so critically important — I decided to leave it in. Besides, a…