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Could it get any worse than what you feel right now?
IT COULD, IT IS AND IT HAS! I know it!
Imagine waiting five days to find out if YOU have #COVID19 and STILL having to care for a critically ill person YOU love dearly at the same time who is fully dependent on YOU!
Take the self-quarantined feeling of helplessness YOU feel right now, the dread of everyday being a replay of the day before as days blend into weeks. Imagine YOUR anxious, racing faster than normal heart as YOU go out of your mind while social distancing even within YOUR home. Imagine the anxiety or depression YOU now struggle with, the fear of if or when the virus will reach YOUR doorstep, the dread about how bad it could be for YOUR family. The anxiety that YOU could be separated from YOUR loved ones, banished to a hospital, all alone wondering if YOU would see them again.
Add on top the fact that YOU may have to care for a critically ill loved one who only YOU know how to care for. A child, a spouse, a parent, a partner, a friend fully dependent on YOU to feed, clean, entertain, uplift, manage mood swings maybe even abusive behavior whilst YOU try to make sure they don’t get sick and you don’t get them sick. Of course, YOUR immune is run down and so is theirs and there is no time to fix either. Imagine the person YOU are caring for not even understanding the gravity of the times, imagine them fighting YOU to leave the house because they don’t understand what social distancing means or why they should comply.
Having to bathe, clean, feed, give medicines to, food shop for, entertain and watch out for the safety of another very ill person. Who will care for them when YOU need to run out to get food as we socially distance? Doctors are no longer accessible, physical, speech and rehabilitative therapies are no longer available. Medicines need to be picked up, refills called in and supplies are being delivered slower. There are no more disinfectants to buy even if you had the money. YOU don’t even have time to tell someone YOU’RE hurting because no one can help YOU right now. Heck, YOU don’t even time to Facetime or Zoom.
THEN, imagine YOU now the CAREGIVER knowing YOU are coming down with something, a cough, a fever, could it really be #COV19? YOU are praying that you don’t infect them even though you should be worried about YOU. YOU could never forgive yourself if something happened to them because of YOU. What would happen to them what would happen to YOUR loved one if all of what YOU dread happened to them…happened to YOU?
THAT IS what a fraction of the 46 to 90 million Americans that provide unpaid care to someone they know and love RIGHT NOW feels. That could have been me RIGHT NOW! I don’t know how I would have made it. I gave care to Dom, my husband during normal times for almost 2 ½ years and that was no easy feat, before he left us. I had a lot of help! I cannot imagine what that would be like during these times, being all alone and giving care!
Can YOU feel his or her pain? Maybe YOU still cannot, at least can YOU just imagine?
Try to imagine.
Here’s how my family will help through the humble means we can and The Ruth and Isaac project, a non-profit I founded to care for the caregivers.
FIRST, I’m starting with $2500 raised from my non-profit, The Ruth & Isaac Project that cares for the caregivers. I am pledging another $500 dollars from my family. We will be donating $50 a day to a caregiver for 60 days. Normally, we would offer them movie tickets, a caregiving respite experience, replacement caregivers, a cleaning service, personal stress relief excursions or candle lit dinners in the homes. Due to #COVID19, we can only offer food or financial assistance. We will order food delivery from a local restaurant and show support to not just a caregiver but also support struggling local restaurants. We will offer grocery deliveries where possible or we will offer financial assistance.
I know times are hard but if you can simply donate $5, $10, $15 or $100 dollars to a caregiver that would be awesome. My sons and I will donate our time to administer this charity event until we run out of money. Every other day, we will announce the caregiver and the local restaurant. We are committed to doing it for the next 60 to 120 days or until donations run out! Want to help? Extend the number of days and the number of caregivers we can support by contributing.
Our Goal: Raise $5000+ Click the links below to help:
DONATE YOUR TIME: Help us identify and donate to caregivers even as we socially distance.
DONATE A MEAL: Donate a meal through us or donate a meal and join the movement.
https://ruthandisaacproject.com/donate
RECOMMEND A CAREGIVER: Send a one paragraph email with contact information for your caregiver!
SECOND, during the next 60 days we will be donating 30 copies of my memoir to Caregivers every other day. We need names, Email us at Ruthandisaacproject@gmail.com.
THIRD, join our caregiver prayer call once a week. We will use Zoom conferencing and Facebook Live, every Saturday at 10 AM. Look out for details on social media. Share with a caregiver, encourage them!
Help us help others who probably don’t have the energy to ask for help right now. Message us!
Follow our progress on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn!
Join the #COVID19CaringfortheSilentCaregiverNation!
Imagine waiting five days to find out if YOU have #COVID19 and STILL having to care for a critically ill person YOU love dearly at the same time who is fully dependent on YOU!
Take the self-quarantined feeling of helplessness YOU feel right now, the dread of everyday being a replay of the day before as days blend into weeks. Imagine YOUR anxious, racing faster than normal heart as YOU go out of your mind while social distancing even within YOUR home. Imagine the anxiety or depression YOU now struggle with, the fear of if or when the virus will reach YOUR doorstep, the dread about how bad it could be for YOUR family. The anxiety that YOU could be separated from YOUR loved ones, banished to a hospital, all alone wondering if YOU would see them again.
Add on top the fact that YOU may have to care for a critically ill loved one who only YOU know how to care for. A child, a spouse, a parent, a partner, a friend fully dependent on YOU to feed, clean, entertain, uplift, manage mood swings maybe even abusive behavior whilst YOU try to make sure they don’t get sick and you don’t get them sick. Of course, YOUR immune is run down and so is theirs and there is no time to fix either. Imagine the person YOU are caring for not even understanding the gravity of the times, imagine them fighting YOU to leave the house because they don’t understand what social distancing means or why they should comply.
Having to bathe, clean, feed, give medicines to, food shop for, entertain and watch out for the safety of another very ill person. Who will care for them when YOU need to run out to get food as we socially distance? Doctors are no longer accessible, physical, speech and rehabilitative therapies are no longer available. Medicines need to be picked up, refills called in and supplies are being delivered slower. There are no more disinfectants to buy even if you had the money. YOU don’t even have time to tell someone YOU’RE hurting because no one can help YOU right now. Heck, YOU don’t even time to Facetime or Zoom.
THEN, imagine YOU now the CAREGIVER knowing YOU are coming down with something, a cough, a fever, could it really be #COV19? YOU are praying that you don’t infect them even though you should be worried about YOU. YOU could never forgive yourself if something happened to them because of YOU. What would happen to them what would happen to YOUR loved one if all of what YOU dread happened to them…happened to YOU?
THAT IS what a fraction of the 46 to 90 million Americans that provide unpaid care to someone they know and love RIGHT NOW feels. That could have been me RIGHT NOW! I don’t know how I would have made it. I gave care to Dom, my husband during normal times for almost 2 ½ years and that was no easy feat, before he left us. I had a lot of help! I cannot imagine what that would be like during these times, being all alone and giving care!
Can YOU feel his or her pain? Maybe YOU still cannot, at least can YOU just imagine?
Try to imagine.
Here’s how my family will help through the humble means we can and The Ruth and Isaac project, a non-profit I founded to care for the caregivers.
FIRST, I’m starting with $2500 raised from my non-profit, The Ruth & Isaac Project that cares for the caregivers. I am pledging another $500 dollars from my family. We will be donating $50 a day to a caregiver for 60 days. Normally, we would offer them movie tickets, a caregiving respite experience, replacement caregivers, a cleaning service, personal stress relief excursions or candle lit dinners in the homes. Due to #COVID19, we can only offer food or financial assistance. We will order food delivery from a local restaurant and show support to not just a caregiver but also support struggling local restaurants. We will offer grocery deliveries where possible or we will offer financial assistance.
I know times are hard but if you can simply donate $5, $10, $15 or $100 dollars to a caregiver that would be awesome. My sons and I will donate our time to administer this charity event until we run out of money. Every other day, we will announce the caregiver and the local restaurant. We are committed to doing it for the next 60 to 120 days or until donations run out! Want to help? Extend the number of days and the number of caregivers we can support by contributing.
Our Goal: Raise $5000+ Click the links below to help:
DONATE YOUR TIME: Help us identify and donate to caregivers even as we socially distance.
DONATE A MEAL: Donate a meal through us or donate a meal and join the movement.
https://ruthandisaacproject.com/donate
RECOMMEND A CAREGIVER: Send a one paragraph email with contact information for your caregiver!
SECOND, during the next 60 days we will be donating 30 copies of my memoir to Caregivers every other day. We need names, Email us at Ruthandisaacproject@gmail.com.
THIRD, join our caregiver prayer call once a week. We will use Zoom conferencing and Facebook Live, every Saturday at 10 AM. Look out for details on social media. Share with a caregiver, encourage them!
Help us help others who probably don’t have the energy to ask for help right now. Message us!
Follow our progress on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn!
Join the #COVID19CaringfortheSilentCaregiverNation!
