You’re being forewarned! You definitely don’t want to become a caregiver, this way!
Nope. No. Not at all.
Weeeeaaalll, if you do decide to become a caregiver, you’ll have to make the best of it!
Brenda Avadian and her husband David needed a break!
After spending countless hours going through mountains of my father’s paperwork and seeing no end, my husband and I decided to take a break at a Milwaukee-based Oktoberfest celebration.
Do you know what Oktoberfest is?
It is an opportunity to wash away caregiving stress with beer.
My father had been showing signs of dementia and there was no end to the amount of help he needed.
We figured a little break trying a few of a local microbrewery’s samples, might take the edge off of what we faced as caregivers.
Now, if you order beer samplers, you’re likely to get 4-ounce glasses. But in Milwaukee, which was made famous by beer, the samplers come in 16-ounce… well, let me not get ahead of myself.
Share the LAUGHTER while you learn from someone else’s experience. After all, you’ll be surprised at the decisions you’ll make while under the influence of fermented barley and hops!
You definitely don’t want to become a caregiver this way!
If you can’t access the video above, click here to watch Caution Caregiver on YouTube
To see how Brenda Avadian and her husband David made the best of their caregiving experience, watch these other funny caregiver videos on YouTube.
+ The Five-Minute Respite for Caregivers by Brenda Avadian
+ Avadian’s Mi Casa es Su Casa – Caregiver Humor
Brenda, Fabulous video. I love Milwaukee and it’s stress relievers! I usd to drink Kingsburg while in Sheboygan. Caregivers is very stressful but I woudl do it all again for my Marie. The stress only continues after the death of a loved one and you have to deal with Soical Security. With my mother I did not get all these questions andshuffled around like they are giving me now. I think I wil have that drink!
Here here! Raising a cup of coffee, right at the moment. But, whatever works! Yes, Don, it’s hard enough caring for our loved ones at end of life and grieving their loss… the more awful time comes afterwards, when we’re dealing with all the paperwork. I hated it… honestly, hated dealing with my father’s paperwork!
Really great video, Brenda. You had me anticipating to find out what the acronym would stand for – LOL. It’s generally best that we don’t make final decisions after a couple of samples even when the samples come from our own fridge.
I’m smiling, Mike Good… and I’ve learned my lesson well!